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भवत्येव हि मे सूत बुद्धिर्दोषानुदर्शिनी । दुर्योधनं समासाद्य पुनः सा परिवर्तते॥५-१५६-६॥
Indeed, O charioteer, I do possess an intellect that recognizes faults; but upon encountering Duryodhana, it turns back again.
english translation
एवं गते वै यद्भावि तद्भविष्यति संजय । क्षत्रधर्मः किल रणे तनुत्यागोऽभिपूजितः॥५-१५६-७॥
Since matters have come to this, what is to occur will occur, Sañjaya. For in the kṣatriya code, in armed engagement, the relinquishing of one’s body—one’s life—is held in honor.
english translation
संजय उवाच । त्वद्युक्तोऽयमनुप्रश्नो महाराज यथार्हसि । न तु दुर्योधने दोषमिममासक्तुमर्हसि । शृणुष्वानवशेषेण वदतो मम पार्थिव॥५-१५६-८॥
Sañjaya said: This follow-up question befits you, O great king, in accordance with your station. Yet you should not fasten this blame upon Duryodhana alone. Listen fully, O ruler of the earth, to what I am about to say.
english translation
य आत्मनो दुश्चरितादशुभं प्राप्नुयान्नरः । एनसा न स दैवं वा कालं वा गन्तुमर्हति॥५-१५६-९॥
A person who meets an adverse outcome from his own misconduct should not, because of that wrongdoing, attribute it to fate or to time.
english translation
महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वमाचरेत् । स वध्यः सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन्॥५-१५६-१०॥
O great king, one who habitually performs what is censured among people becomes liable to public reproach and sanction, insofar as he persists in censurable acts.
english translation