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विदुरोवाच । अथैतस्यामवस्थायां पौरुषं हातुमिच्छसि । निहीनसेवितं मार्गं गमिष्यस्यचिरादिव॥५-१३२-१॥
Vidura said: Even in this plight, do you wish to cast away manly resolve? Before long, as it were, you will tread a path frequented by the ignoble.
english translation
यो हि तेजो यथाशक्ति न दर्शयति विक्रमात् । क्षत्रियो जीविताकाङ्क्षी स्तेन इत्येव तं विदुः॥५-१३२-२॥
For a kṣatriya who, though able, does not display his vigor through courageous exertion—clinging only to life—people know him as nothing but a thief.
english translation
अर्थवन्त्युपपन्नानि वाक्यानि गुणवन्ति च । नैव संप्राप्नुवन्ति त्वां मुमूर्षुमिव भेषजम्॥५-१३२-३॥
Even words that are meaningful, well-reasoned, and virtuous do not reach you—like medicine that fails to help one already near death.
english translation
सन्ति वै सिन्धुराजस्य संतुष्टा बहवो जनाः । दौर्बल्यादासते मूढा व्यसनौघप्रतीक्षिणः॥५-१३२-४॥
Indeed, many are content under the king of Sindhu; yet out of weakness the deluded sit idle, as though awaiting a flood of calamities.
english translation
सहायोपचयं कृत्वा व्यवसाय्य ततस्ततः । अनुदुष्येयुरपरे पश्यन्तस्तव पौरुषम्॥५-१३२-५॥
Having gathered allies and then undertaking initiatives here and there, others would refrain from wrongdoing when they behold your resolve.
english translation