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वैशंपायन उवाच । एवमुक्तो मुनिस्तत्त्वं कवीन्द्रो राजसत्तम । पुत्रेण धृतराष्ट्रेण ध्यानमन्वगमत्परम्॥६-४-१॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Thus addressed, the sage—knower of reality, foremost among poets, O best of kings—entered into deep meditation, prompted by his son Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
english translation
पुनरेवाब्रवीद्वाक्यं कालवादी महातपाः । असंशयं पार्थिवेन्द्र कालः संक्षिपते जगत्॥६-४-२॥
Again the great ascetic, a teacher of the doctrine of Time, spoke: “Without doubt, O lord of kings, Time contracts the world, drawing it toward dissolution.”
english translation
सृजते च पुनर्लोकान्नेह विद्यति शाश्वतम् । ज्ञातीनां च कुरूणां च संबन्धिसुहृदां तथा॥६-४-३॥
And he again brings forth worlds; here nothing is permanent—whether of kinsmen, of the Kurus, or likewise of relatives and well-wishers.
english translation
धर्म्यं देशय पन्थानं समर्थो ह्यसि वारणे । क्षुद्रं ज्ञातिवधं प्राहुर्मा कुरुष्व ममाप्रियम्॥६-४-४॥
Teach the righteous course; you are capable of restraint. The taking of kinsmen’s lives is called base—do not do what is displeasing to me.
english translation
कालोऽयं पुत्ररूपेण तव जातो विशां पते । न वधः पूज्यते वेदे हितं नैतत्कथंचन॥६-४-५॥
This ‘Time’ has been born to you in the form of a son, O lord of the people. The Veda does not venerate the taking of life; this is not beneficial in any way.
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