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वैशंपायन उवाच । एवमुक्तस्तु विमनास्तिर्यग्दृष्टिरधोमुखः । संहत्य च भ्रुवोर्मध्यं न किंचिद्व्याजहार ह॥५-१३७-१॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Thus addressed, he grew dejected, his gaze turned aside and his face lowered; drawing his brows together, he spoke not a single word.
english translation
तं वै विमनसं दृष्ट्वा संप्रेक्ष्यान्योन्यमन्तिकात् । पुनरेवोत्तरं वाक्यमुक्तवन्तौ नरर्षभौ॥५-१३७-२॥
Seeing him downcast, and exchanging glances from nearby, the two foremost of men spoke again in reply.
english translation
भीष्म उवाच । शुश्रूषुमनसूयं च ब्रह्मण्यं सत्यसंगरम् । प्रतियोत्स्यामहे पार्थमतो दुःखतरं नु किम्॥५-१३७-३॥
Bhīṣma said: Pārtha is devoted to service, free from malice, reverent toward the sacred, and steadfast in truth and vow. That we must oppose him—what could be more painful than this?
english translation
द्रोण उवाच । अश्वत्थाम्नि यथा पुत्रे भूयो मम धनंजये । बहुमानः परो राजन्संनतिश्च कपिध्वजे॥५-१३७-४॥
Droṇa said: As I cherish Aśvatthāman, my son, so too—indeed even more—do I esteem Dhanañjaya. O king, I hold great respect and deference toward the hero of the ape-banner.
english translation
तं चेत्पुत्रात्प्रियतरं प्रतियोत्स्ये धनंजयम् । क्षत्रधर्ममनुष्ठाय धिगस्तु क्षत्रजीविकाम्॥५-१३७-५॥
If, in observing the kṣatriya dharma, I must contend against Dhanañjaya—dearer to me than my own son—then let the kṣatriya way of life be condemned.
english translation