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वासुदेव उवाच । मया नागपुरं गत्वा सभायां धृतराष्ट्रजः । तथ्यं पथ्यं हितं चोक्तो न च गृह्णाति दुर्मतिः॥५-१४५-६॥
Vāsudeva said: When I went to Nāgapura, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son was addressed in the assembly with what was true, salutary, and beneficial; yet that ill-judging man does not accept it.
english translation
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । तस्मिन्नुत्पथमापन्ने कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः । किमुक्तवान्हृषीकेश दुर्योधनममर्षणम् । आचार्यो वा महाबाहो भारद्वाजः किमब्रवीत्॥५-१४५-७॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: When he had entered a wrongful course, what did the aged grandsire of the Kurus say, O Hṛṣīkeśa, to Duryodhana of unenduring temper? And what did the teacher—Bhāradvāja’s son—say, O mighty-armed one?
english translation
पिता यवीयानस्माकं क्षत्ता धर्मभृतां वरः । पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तः किमाह धृतराष्ट्रजम्॥५-१४५-८॥
And our younger paternal uncle, the chamberlain Vidura—foremost among the upholders of dharma—burning with grief for his son: what did he say to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son?
english translation
किं च सर्वे नृपतयः सभायां ये समासते । उक्तवन्तो यथातत्त्वं तद्ब्रूहि त्वं जनार्दन॥५-१४५-९॥
And what, in accordance with the facts, did all the kings who were seated in the assembly say? Tell me that, O Janārdana.
english translation
उक्तवान्हि भवान्सर्वं वचनं कुरुमुख्ययोः । कामलोभाभिभूतस्य मन्दस्य प्राज्ञमानिनः॥५-१४५-१०॥
For you have indeed conveyed every statement of the foremost Kurus—especially of him who is overpowered by desire and greed, dull in judgment, yet imagining himself wise.
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