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अपारे भव नः पारमप्लवे भव नः प्लवः । कुरुष्व स्थानमस्थाने मृतान्संजीवयस्व नः॥५-१३२-२१॥
When we are in the shoreless, be our far shore; when there is no vessel, be our raft. Make firm ground where there is none; restore us, as though from a state akin to death.
english translation
सर्वे ते शत्रवः सह्या न चेज्जीवितुमिच्छसि । अथ चेदीदृशीं वृत्तिं क्लीबामभ्युपपद्यसे॥५-१३२-२२॥
All your adversaries are tolerable—if you do not wish to live. But if you take up such a course of conduct, stamped with unmanliness, you forsake the standard expected of you.
english translation
निर्विण्णात्मा हतमना मुञ्चैतां पापजीविकाम् । एकशत्रुवधेनैव शूरो गच्छति विश्रुतिम्॥५-१३२-२३॥
With spirit worn and resolve broken, abandon this blameworthy way of living. Even by the decisive bringing down of a single adversary, the valorous attain renown.
english translation
इन्द्रो वृत्रवधेनैव महेन्द्रः समपद्यत । माहेन्द्रं च ग्रहं लेभे लोकानां चेश्वरोऽभवत्॥५-१३२-२४॥
Indra, by the slaying of Vṛtra alone, became “Mahendra”; he gained the celestial station called Māhendra and became the sovereign of the worlds.
english translation
नाम विश्राव्य वा संख्ये शत्रूनाहूय दंशितान् । सेनाग्रं वापि विद्राव्य हत्वा वा पुरुषं वरम्॥५-१३२-२५॥
Whether by making one’s name resound in the engagement and challenging armed adversaries, or by scattering the vanguard of an army, or by bringing down an eminent champion—by such deeds martial renown is established.
english translation