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धिगस्त्वर्थं यत्कृतेऽयं महाञ्ज्ञातिवधे क्षयः । वर्त्स्यते सुहृदां ह्येषां युद्धेऽस्मिन्वै पराभवः॥५-१४२-११॥
Cursed be that material gain for whose sake this great destruction—through the killing of kinsmen—will occur. In this engagement, the defeat of these well-wishers is indeed impending.
english translation
पाण्डवाश्चेदिपाञ्चाला यादवाश्च समागताः । भारतैर्यदि योत्स्यन्ति किं नु दुःखमतः परम्॥५-१४२-१२॥
If the Pāṇḍavas, the Cedis and Pāñcālas, and the Yādavas assemble and then contend with the Bhāratas, what sorrow could be greater than this?
english translation
पश्ये दोषं ध्रुवं युद्धे तथा युद्धे पराभवम् । अधनस्य मृतं श्रेयो न हि ज्ञातिक्षये जयः॥५-१४२-१३॥
I see a certain fault in war, and likewise the possibility of defeat in war. For one without resources, death is preferable—there is no true victory when kinsmen are destroyed.
english translation
पितामहः शांतनव आचार्यश्च युधां पतिः । कर्णश्च धार्तराष्ट्रार्थं वर्धयन्ति भयं मम॥५-१४२-१४॥
Grandfather Bhīṣma, the Śāṃtanava, and the preceptor Droṇa, lord of warriors, and also Karṇa—acting for the sake of the Dhārtarāṣṭras—heighten my apprehension.
english translation
नाचार्यः कामवाञ्शिष्यैर्द्रोणो युध्येत जातु चित् । पाण्डवेषु कथं हार्दं कुर्यान्न च पितामहः॥५-१४२-१५॥
The preceptor Droṇa would never willingly engage against his own students. And how could the grandsire fail to feel affection for the Pāṇḍavas?
english translation