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ब्रूहि चैव परं वीर केनार्थः किं ददामि ते । एवं गते महाराज युद्धादन्यत्किमिच्छसि॥६-४१-७६॥
Tell me further, O foremost hero: for what purpose have you come, and what shall I give you? Since matters stand thus, O great king, what do you seek other than battle?
english translation
अर्थस्य पुरुषो दासो दासस्त्वर्थो न कस्यचित् । इति सत्यं महाराज बद्धोऽस्म्यर्थेन कौरवैः॥६-४१-७७॥
A man is a servant of wealth; wealth is servant to none. This is truth, O great king: the Kauravas have bound me by the lure of riches.
english translation
करिष्यामि हि ते कामं भागिनेय यथेप्सितम् । ब्रवीम्यतः क्लीबवत्त्वां युद्धादन्यत्किमिच्छसि॥६-४१-७८॥
I will indeed fulfill your wish, nephew, as you desire. Therefore I say this: apart from entering battle with strategy, what else do you seek—an act of cowardice?
english translation
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । मन्त्रयस्व महाराज नित्यं मद्धितमुत्तमम् । कामं युध्य परस्यार्थे वरमेतद्वृणोम्यहम्॥६-४१-७९॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: O great king, counsel me continually with what is best for my welfare. Even if you must fight for another’s cause, I choose this as the boon.
english translation
शल्य उवाच । ब्रूहि किमत्र साह्यं ते करोमि नृपसत्तम । कामं योत्स्ये परस्यार्थे वृतोऽस्म्यर्थेन कौरवैः॥६-४१-८०॥
Śalya said: Tell me what assistance I can render here, O best of kings. Even if I must fight for another’s interest, I have been retained by the Kauravas through wealth.
english translation