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अचिन्तयन्कंचिदन्यं यावज्जीवं तथाचरेत् । एष धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां मतमेतच्च मे सदा॥५-१२५-२१॥
Without considering anyone else, one should act in that manner throughout life. This is the dharma of Kṣatriyas—this has always been my view.
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राज्यांशश्चाभ्यनुज्ञातो यो मे पित्रा पुराभवत् । न स लभ्यः पुनर्जातु मयि जीवति केशव॥५-१२५-२२॥
The share of the kingdom that was formerly sanctioned for me by my father cannot ever be obtained again while I am alive, O Keśava.
english translation
यावच्च राजा ध्रियते धृतराष्ट्रो जनार्दन । न्यस्तशस्त्रा वयं ते वाप्युपजीवाम माधव॥५-१२५-२३॥
So long as King Dhṛtarāṣṭra is upheld as sovereign, O Janārdana, we—having set aside arms—will subsist under you as well, O Mādhava.
english translation
यद्यदेयं पुरा दत्तं राज्यं परवतो मम । अज्ञानाद्वा भयाद्वापि मयि बाले जनार्दन॥५-१२५-२४॥
If any portion of the kingdom—though it ought not to have been given—was formerly granted away from me to others, whether through ignorance or through fear when I was but a child, O Janārdana—
english translation
न तदद्य पुनर्लभ्यं पाण्डवैर्वृष्णिनन्दन । ध्रियमाणे महाबाहो मयि संप्रति केशव॥५-१२५-२५॥
That cannot be regained today by the Pāṇḍavas, O Vṛṣṇi-nandana. While I am at present upheld in power, O Keśava of mighty arms,
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