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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । भगवन्नेवमेवैतद्यथा वदसि नारद । इच्छामि चाहमप्येवं न त्वीशो भगवन्नहम्॥५-१२२-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Revered one, it is exactly so, as you say, Nārada. I too wish it to be so; yet, revered one, I am not able to bring it about.”
english translation
वैशंपायन उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा ततः कृष्णमभ्यभाषत भारत । स्वर्ग्यं लोक्यं च मामात्थ धर्म्यं न्याय्यं च केशव॥५-१२२-२॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Having spoken thus, he then addressed Kṛṣṇa, O Bhārata: “Keśava, you have told me what is conducive both to the other world and to this world—what is dharmic and what is just.”
english translation
न त्वहं स्ववशस्तात क्रियमाणं न मे प्रियम् । अङ्ग दुर्योधनं कृष्ण मन्दं शास्त्रातिगं मम॥५-१२२-३॥
But, dear one, I am not master of myself; what is being done is not pleasing to me. Kṛṣṇa, my Duryodhana is dull-minded and transgresses the guidance of the śāstra.
english translation
अनुनेतुं महाबाहो यतस्व पुरुषोत्तम । सुहृत्कार्यं तु सुमहत्कृतं ते स्याज्जनार्दन॥५-१२२-४॥
O mighty-armed one, O best of persons—strive to conciliate him. Janārdana, by doing so you would accomplish a very great act on behalf of friends.
english translation
ततोऽभ्यावृत्य वार्ष्णेयो दुर्योधनममर्षणम् । अब्रवीन्मधुरां वाचं सर्वधर्मार्थतत्त्ववित्॥५-१२२-५॥
Then Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa), turning back toward the irritable Duryodhana, addressed him in gentle speech—he who knew the true principles of both dharma and artha.
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