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जनमेजय उवाच । अनर्थे जातनिर्बन्धं परार्थे लोभमोहितम् । अनार्यकेष्वभिरतं मरणे कृतनिश्चयम्॥५-१०४-१॥
Janamejaya said: (Duryodhana is) obstinately attached to what is harmful, deluded by greed for what belongs to others, engaged in ignoble conduct, and resolved upon a course leading to death.
english translation
ज्ञातीनां दुःखकर्तारं बन्धूनां शोकवर्धनम् । सुहृदां क्लेशदातारं द्विषतां हर्षवर्धनम्॥५-१०४-२॥
(He is) a maker of suffering for kinsmen, an increaser of grief for relatives, a giver of distress to well-wishers, and an increaser of satisfaction for adversaries.
english translation
कथं नैनं विमार्गस्थं वारयन्तीह बान्धवाः । सौहृदाद्वा सुहृत्स्निग्धो भगवान्वा पितामहः॥५-१०४-३॥
How is it that his relatives here did not restrain him when he had strayed from the proper path—either out of affection, or some devoted friend, or the venerable grandsire?
english translation
वैशंपायन उवाच । उक्तं भगवता वाक्यमुक्तं भीष्मेण यत्क्षमम् । उक्तं बहुविधं चैव नारदेनापि तच्छृणु॥५-१०४-४॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: You have heard the words spoken by the Blessed Lord, and the fitting counsels spoken by Bhīṣma. Now listen also to the many-sided instruction spoken by Nārada.
english translation
नारद उवाच । दुर्लभो वै सुहृच्छ्रोता दुर्लभश्च हितः सुहृत् । तिष्ठते हि सुहृद्यत्र न बन्धुस्तत्र तिष्ठति॥५-१०४-५॥
Nārada said: Rare indeed is a friend who truly listens, and rare is a friend who acts for one’s welfare. For where such a friend stands, mere kinship does not necessarily stand there.
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