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वैशंपायन उवाच । वासुदेवस्य तद्वाक्यमनुस्मृत्य युधिष्ठिरः । पुनः पप्रच्छ वार्ष्णेयं कथं मन्दोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥५-१५१-१॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Recalling those words of Vāsudeva, Yudhiṣṭhira again questioned the Vārṣṇeya, saying, “How did I, being slow in judgment, speak thus?”
english translation
अस्मिन्नभ्यागते काले किं च नः क्षममच्युत । कथं च वर्तमाना वै स्वधर्मान्न च्यवेमहि॥५-१५१-२॥
“In this time that has now arrived, O Acyuta, what is proper for us? And how, while acting, may we not deviate from our own dharma?”
english translation
दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेः सौबलस्य च । वासुदेव मतज्ञोऽसि मम सभ्रातृकस्य च॥५-१५१-३॥
O Vāsudeva, you are acquainted with the intentions of Duryodhana, Karṇa, and Śakuni Saubala—and also with mine, together with those of my brothers.
english translation
विदुरस्यापि ते वाक्यं श्रुतं भीष्मस्य चोभयोः । कुन्त्याश्च विपुलप्रज्ञ प्रज्ञा कार्त्स्न्येन ते श्रुता॥५-१५१-४॥
You have also heard Vidura’s counsel and Bhīṣma’s words to both sides; and, O one of broad intelligence, you have heard Kuntī’s considered judgment in full.
english translation
सर्वमेतदतिक्रम्य विचार्य च पुनः पुनः । यन्नः क्षमं महाबाहो तद्ब्रवीह्यविचारयन्॥५-१५१-५॥
Setting all this aside, and reflecting again and again, tell us—O mighty-armed one—what course is appropriate for us, without hesitation.
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