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अवृत्त्यैव विपत्स्यामो वयं राष्ट्रात्प्रवासिताः । सर्वकामरसैर्हीनाः स्थानभ्रष्टा अकिंचनाः॥५-१३१-२६॥
Deprived of livelihood, driven into exile from the realm, we would fall into ruin—bereft of all enjoyments, displaced from our station, and without resources.
english translation
अवर्णकारिणं सत्सु कुलवंशस्य नाशनम् । कलिं पुत्रप्रवादेन संजय त्वामजीजनम्॥५-१३१-२७॥
O Sañjaya, through your talk of “sons” you have produced a Kali-like condition—bringing disrepute among the virtuous and tending toward the destruction of the family line.
english translation
निरमर्षं निरुत्साहं निर्वीर्यमरिनन्दनम् । मा स्म सीमन्तिनी काचिज्जनयेत्पुत्रमीदृशम्॥५-१३१-२८॥
May no woman ever give birth to such a son—without righteous indignation, without initiative, without strength—one who becomes a source of satisfaction to adversaries.
english translation
मा धूमाय ज्वलात्यन्तमाक्रम्य जहि शात्रवान् । ज्वल मूर्धन्यमित्राणां मुहूर्तमपि वा क्षणम्॥५-१३१-२९॥
Do not blaze merely as smoke; advance decisively and neutralize hostile forces. Burn as a foremost threat to adversaries—even if only for a moment.
english translation
एतावानेव पुरुषो यदमर्षी यदक्षमी । क्षमावान्निरमर्षश्च नैव स्त्री न पुनः पुमान्॥५-१३१-३०॥
A person is ‘a man’ only to this extent: that he does not tolerate affront and does not submit to incapacity. One who is merely forbearing and without indignation is, in this rhetoric, neither woman nor man.
english translation