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जनमेजय उवाच । तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु कुरुक्षेत्रे द्विजर्षभ । किमकुर्वन्त कुरवः कालेनाभिप्रचोदिताः॥५-१५६-१॥
Janamejaya said: When the battle-formations had thus been arranged on Kurukṣetra, O best of the twice-born, what did the Kurus do, impelled by the course of time?
english translation
वैशंपायन उवाच । तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु यत्तेषु भरतर्षभ । धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज संजयं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥५-१५६-२॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: When the armies had been arranged and stood facing one another, O bull among the Bhāratas, King Dhṛtarāṣṭra addressed Sañjaya.
english translation
एहि संजय मे सर्वमाचक्ष्वानवशेषतः । सेनानिवेशे यद्वृत्तं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः॥५-१५६-३॥
Come, Sañjaya—tell me everything without omission: what occurred in the encampment and in the deployment of the Kuru and Pāṇḍava forces?
english translation
दिष्टमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषं चाप्यनर्थकम् । यदहं जानमानोऽपि युद्धदोषान्क्षयोदयान्॥५-१५६-४॥
I regard destiny as paramount, and human effort as ineffective—since, although I understand the liabilities of war and its patterns of loss and gain,
english translation
तथापि निकृतिप्रज्ञं पुत्रं दुर्द्यूतदेविनम् । न शक्नोमि नियन्तुं वा कर्तुं वा हितमात्मनः॥५-१५६-५॥
Yet I cannot restrain my son—whose intellect is oriented toward deception, and who is devoted to ruinous gambling—nor can I act for my own welfare.
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