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तं त्वामयशसा स्पृष्टं न ब्रूयां यदि संजय । खरीवात्सल्यमाहुस्तन्निःसामर्थ्यमहेतुकम्॥५-१३३-६॥
Sañjaya, if I did not speak to you when you are touched by disrepute, that would be called “donkey-like affection”—an unreasoning tenderness born of incapacity.
english translation
सद्भिर्विगर्हितं मार्गं त्यज मूर्खनिषेवितम् । अविद्या वै महत्यस्ति यामिमां संश्रिताः प्रजाः॥५-१३३-७॥
Abandon the path censured by the good and frequented by the foolish. A great ignorance prevails—one upon which these people have come to rely.
english translation
तव स्याद्यदि सद्वृत्तं तेन मे त्वं प्रियो भवेः । धर्मार्थगुणयुक्तेन नेतरेण कथंचन । दैवमानुषयुक्तेन सद्भिराचरितेन च॥५-१३३-८॥
If you possessed good conduct, then you would be dear to me on that basis—through conduct endowed with dharma, artha, and virtue, not otherwise in any way; through what is supported by both providential and human means, and practiced by the good.
english translation
यो ह्येवमविनीतेन रमते पुत्रनप्तृणा । अनुत्थानवता चापि मोघं तस्य प्रजाफलम्॥५-१३३-९॥
Whoever takes satisfaction in a son or grandson who is undisciplined and also lacking in initiative—his “fruit” of progeny is futile.
english translation
अकुर्वन्तो हि कर्माणि कुर्वन्तो निन्दितानि च । सुखं नैवेह नामुत्र लभन्ते पुरुषाधमाः॥५-१३३-१०॥
Those who fail to do what ought to be done, and who instead do censurable acts—such degraded persons obtain happiness neither here nor hereafter.
english translation