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श्रोतव्यमपि पश्यामि सुहृदां कुरुनन्दन । न कर्तव्यश्च निर्बन्धो निर्बन्धो हि सुदारुणः॥५-१०४-६॥
Nārada said: O Kuru-descendant, I see that one should listen to well-wishers; yet one should not engage in rigid insistence, for insistence is indeed severely harmful.
english translation
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । यथा निर्बन्धतः प्राप्तो गालवेन पराजयः॥५-१०४-७॥
Nārada said: Here too they cite an ancient historical exemplum: how, through rigid insistence, defeat came upon Gālava.
english translation
विश्वामित्रं तपस्यन्तं धर्मो जिज्ञासया पुरा । अभ्यगच्छत्स्वयं भूत्वा वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः॥५-१०४-८॥
Nārada said: Formerly, when Viśvāmitra was engaged in austerities, Dharma—seeking to test and understand—approached him, having himself become the venerable sage Vasiṣṭha.
english translation
सप्तर्षीणामन्यतमं वेषमास्थाय भारत । बुभुक्षुः क्षुधितो राजन्नाश्रमं कौशिकस्य ह॥५-१०४-९॥
O Bhārata, assuming the guise of one among the Seven Ṛṣis and appearing as one hungry and in need of food, he came to the hermitage of Kauśika (Viśvāmitra), O king.
english translation
विश्वामित्रोऽथ संभ्रान्तः श्रपयामास वै चरुम् । परमान्नस्य यत्नेन न च स प्रत्यपालयत्॥५-१०४-१०॥
Then Viśvāmitra, acting with urgency, had a caru—an offering-porridge—cooked with care as a choice food; yet he did not keep watch over it.
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