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संजय उवाच । त्वद्युक्तोऽयमनुप्रश्नो महाराज यथार्हसि । न तु दुर्योधने दोषमिममासक्तुमर्हसि॥६-१६-१॥
Sañjaya said: This follow-up question is fitting for you, O great king, as is proper. Yet you should not fasten this fault upon Duryodhana.
english translation
य आत्मनो दुश्चरितादशुभं प्राप्नुयान्नरः । एनसा तेन नान्यं स उपाशङ्कितुमर्हति॥६-१६-२॥
A person who meets misfortune because of his own misconduct—by that very wrongdoing—should not suspect another as the cause.
english translation
महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वमाचरेत् । स वध्यः सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन्॥६-१६-३॥
O great king, a man among men who habitually performs what is blameworthy becomes, by that very conduct, liable to the censure and punishment of all the world, for he practices deeds condemned by everyone.
english translation
निकारो निकृतिप्रज्ञैः पाण्डवैस्त्वत्प्रतीक्षया । अनुभूतः सहामात्यैः क्षान्तं च सुचिरं वने॥६-१६-४॥
The Pāṇḍavas—skilled in discerning stratagems—while awaiting you, endured humiliation along with their ministers, and bore it for a long time in the forest.
english translation
हयानां च गजानां च शूराणां चामितौजसाम् । प्रत्यक्षं यन्मया दृष्टं दृष्टं योगबलेन च॥६-१६-५॥
What I beheld directly—horses, elephants, and warriors of immeasurable might—I also perceived through the power of yogic insight.
english translation