Sahadeva and Satyaki Call for War

Verse 1 (5.80.1)

यदेतत्कथितं राज्ञा धर्म एष सनातनः । यथा च युद्धमेव स्यात्तथा कार्यमरिन्दम ॥

yadetatkathitaṃ rājñā dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ | yathā ca yuddhameva syāttathā kāryamarindama

"What the king has said is the eternal dharma; but you should act so that there is war, O tamer of foes."

Verse 2 (5.80.2)

यदि प्रशममिच्छेयुः कुरवः पाण्डवैः सह । तथापि युद्धं दाशार्ह योजयेथाः सहैव तैः ॥

yadi praśamamiccheyuḥ kuravaḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | tathāpi yuddhaṃ dāśārha yojayethāḥ sahaiva taiḥ

"Even if the Kurus should want peace with the Pandavas, still, Dasharha, you should bring about war with them."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रसमम् → प्रशमम् (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition praśamam).

Verse 3 (5.80.3)

कथं नु दृष्ट्वा पाञ्चालीं तथा कृष्ण सभागताम् । अवधेन प्रशाम्येत मम मन्युः सुयोधने ॥

kathaṃ nu dṛṣṭvā pāñcālīṃ tathā kṛṣṇa sabhāgatām | avadhena praśāmyeta mama manyuḥ suyodhane

"How, Krishna, having seen Panchali brought into the assembly in that way, could my anger against Suyodhana be quenched without his death?"

Verse 4 (5.80.4)

यदि भीमार्जुनौ कृष्ण धर्मराजश्च धार्मिकः । धर्ममुत्सृज्य तेनाहं योद्धुमिच्छामि संयुगे ॥

yadi bhīmārjunau kṛṣṇa dharmarājaśca dhārmikaḥ | dharmamutsṛjya tenāhaṃ yoddhumicchāmi saṃyuge

"Even if Bhima and Arjuna, Krishna, and the righteous king of dharma hold to dharma, I would cast dharma aside and fight him in battle."

Verse 5 (5.80.5)

ब्रूहि मद्वचनं कृष्ण सुयोधनमपण्डितम् । कृच्छ्रे वने वा वस्तव्यं पुरे वा नागसाह्वये ॥

brūhi madvacanaṃ kṛṣṇa suyodhanamapaṇḍitam | kṛcchre vane vā vastavyaṃ pure vā nāgasāhvaye

"Give foolish Suyodhana this message from me, Krishna: one must live either in the harsh forest or in the city named after the elephant."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these two lines in its apparatus as 5.79.4d*0378.

Verse 6 (5.80.6)

सत्यमाह महाबाहो सहदेवो महामतिः । दुर्योधनवधे शान्तिस्तस्य कोपस्य मे भवेत् ॥

satyamāha mahābāho sahadevo mahāmatiḥ | duryodhanavadhe śāntistasya kopasya me bhavet

"Mighty-armed one, the wise Sahadeva has spoken the truth. Only in Duryodhana's death would this anger of mine find peace."

Verse 7 (5.80.7)

न जानासि यथा दृष्ट्वा चीराजिनधरान्वने । तवापि मन्युरुद्धूतो दुःखितान्प्रेक्ष्य पाण्डवान् ॥

na jānāsi yathā dṛṣṭvā cīrājinadharānvane | tavāpi manyuruddhūto duḥkhitānprekṣya pāṇḍavān

"Do you not know how your own anger was roused when you saw the Pandavas in the forest, wearing bark and deerskin, in their distress?"

Verse 8 (5.80.8)

तस्मान्माद्रीसुतः शूरो यदाह रणकर्कशः । वचनं सर्वयोधानां तन्मतं पुरुषोत्तम ॥

tasmānmādrīsutaḥ śūro yadāha raṇakarkaśaḥ | vacanaṃ sarvayodhānāṃ tanmataṃ puruṣottama

"Therefore what the brave son of Madri, harsh in battle, has said, best of men, is the view of all the warriors."

Verse 9 (5.80.9)

एवं वदति वाक्यं तु युयुधाने महामतौ । सुभीमः सिंहनादोऽभूद्योधानां तत्र सर्वशः ॥

evaṃ vadati vākyaṃ tu yuyudhāne mahāmatau | subhīmaḥ siṃhanādo'bhūdyodhānāṃ tatra sarvaśaḥ

As the wise Yuyudhana spoke these words, a fearsome lion-roar rose from all the warriors there.

Note on the text: Corrected वदि → वदति (misprint in Wikisource, dropped akshara; critical edition vadati).

Verse 10 (5.80.10)

सर्वे हि सर्वशो वीरास्तद्वचः प्रत्यपूजयन् । साधुसाध्विति शैनेयं हर्षयन्तो युयुत्सवः ॥

sarve hi sarvaśo vīrāstadvacaḥ pratyapūjayan | sādhusādhviti śaineyaṃ harṣayanto yuyutsavaḥ

All the heroes on every side applauded his words, crying "Well said, well said!" and cheering the grandson of Shini, eager for battle.