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त्वं ह्येवात्र भृशं गर्ह्यो धृतराष्ट्र सुतप्रियः । यो जानन्पापतामस्य तत्प्रज्ञामनुवर्तसे॥५-१२७-११॥
“You, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, are especially blameworthy here, being overly attached to your son: though knowing his wrongdoing, you follow his intentions.”
english translation
स एष काममन्युभ्यां प्रलब्धो मोहमास्थितः । अशक्योऽद्य त्वया राजन्विनिवर्तयितुं बलात्॥५-१२७-१२॥
“He has been deceived by desire and anger and has entered a state of delusion. Today, O king, he cannot be turned back by you through coercion.”
english translation
राज्यप्रदाने मूढस्य बालिशस्य दुरात्मनः । दुःसहायस्य लुब्धस्य धृतराष्ट्रोऽश्नुते फलम्॥५-१२७-१३॥
“By granting sovereignty to a deluded, immature, harmful-minded, hard-to-assist, and greedy person, Dhṛtarāṣṭra reaps the resulting consequences.”
english translation
कथं हि स्वजने भेदमुपेक्षेत महामतिः । भिन्नं हि स्वजनेन त्वां प्रसहिष्यन्ति शत्रवः॥५-१२७-१४॥
How could one of great judgment ignore a rupture among one’s own people? For if you are divided from your own kin, adversaries will overpower you by force.
english translation
या हि शक्या महाराज साम्ना दानेन वा पुनः । निस्तर्तुमापदः स्वेषु दण्डं कस्तत्र पातयेत्॥५-१२७-१५॥
O great king, when a crisis among one’s own can be overcome through conciliation or through gifts, who would impose punitive force in such a case?
english translation