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अयमिच्छन्हि तान्सर्वान्यतमानाञ्जनार्दनः । सिंहो मृगानिव क्रुद्धो गमयेद्यमसादनम्॥५-१२८-२१॥
If Janārdana so desired, he could, despite all their efforts, drive them all—like an enraged lion drives deer—toward the abode of Yama, that is, to death.
english translation
न त्वयं निन्दितं कर्म कुर्यात्कृष्णः कथंचन । न च धर्मादपक्रामेदच्युतः पुरुषोत्तमः॥५-१२८-२२॥
But you, Kṛṣṇa, would never perform a censurable act; nor would Acyuta, the highest of persons, deviate from dharma.
english translation
विदुरेणैवमुक्ते तु केशवो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । धृतराष्ट्रमभिप्रेक्ष्य सुहृदां शृण्वतां मिथः॥५-१२८-२३॥
When Vidura had spoken thus, Keśava replied, looking toward Dhṛtarāṣṭra while the well-wishers listened among themselves.
english translation
राजन्नेते यदि क्रुद्धा मां निगृह्णीयुरोजसा । एते वा मामहं वैनाननुजानीहि पार्थिव॥५-१२८-२४॥
O King, if these men, in anger, were to restrain me by force—or if I were to restrain them—permit it, O ruler.
english translation
एतान्हि सर्वान्संरब्धान्नियन्तुमहमुत्सहे । न त्वहं निन्दितं कर्म कुर्यां पापं कथंचन॥५-१२८-२५॥
For I am capable of restraining all of these men when they are agitated; yet I would not, in any circumstance, commit a censurable or ethically wrongful act.
english translation