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मुख्यश्चैवैष नो धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां जनार्दन । यच्छयीमहि संग्रामे शरतल्पगता वयम्॥५-१२५-१६॥
And this is our foremost duty as kṣatriyas, O Janārdana: that we should lie in battle upon a bed of arrows.
english translation
ते वयं वीरशयनं प्राप्स्यामो यदि संयुगे । अप्रणम्यैव शत्रूणां न नस्तप्स्यति माधव॥५-१२५-१७॥
If in armed conflict we attain the heroes’ resting-place, then—without bowing to our adversaries—there will be no regret for us, O Mādhava.
english translation
कश्च जातु कुले जातः क्षत्रधर्मेण वर्तयन् । भयाद्वृत्तिं समीक्ष्यैवं प्रणमेदिह कस्यचित्॥५-१२५-१८॥
Indeed, who—born in a noble lineage and living by kṣatriya-dharma—would, out of fear and after weighing such a course, bow here to anyone?
english translation
उद्यच्छेदेव न नमेदुद्यमो ह्येव पौरुषम् । अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमेदिह कस्यचित्॥५-१२५-१९॥
One should not bow down even if one’s effort is cut short; exertion itself is manly resolve. Even if one were to break at an improper time, one should not submit here to anyone.
english translation
इति मातङ्गवचनं परीप्सन्ति हितेप्सवः । धर्माय चैव प्रणमेद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च मद्विधः॥५-१२५-२०॥
Thus, those who seek what is beneficial pursue the saying attributed to Mātaṅga. Yet a person such as I should bow only to Dharma and to Brāhmaṇas.
english translation