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संजय उवाच । दुर्योधनस्य तद्वाक्यं निशम्य भरतर्षभः । नेत्राभ्यामतिताम्राभ्यां कैतव्यं समुदैक्षत॥५-१६०-१॥
Sañjaya said: Hearing that utterance of Duryodhana, the bull among the Bharatas looked upon Kaitavya with eyes intensely reddened by agitation.
english translation
स केशवमभिप्रेक्ष्य गुडाकेशो महायशाः । अभ्यभाषत कैतव्यं प्रगृह्य विपुलं भुजम्॥५-१६०-२॥
Then the illustrious Guḍākeśa, looking toward Keśava, addressed Kaitavya, raising his mighty arm.
english translation
स्ववीर्यं यः समाश्रित्य समाह्वयति वै परान् । अभीतः पूरयञ्शक्तिं स वै पुरुष उच्यते॥५-१६०-३॥
He who, relying on his own strength, challenges others—fearless and fully exerting his capacity—he is truly called a man.
english translation
परवीर्यं समाश्रित्य यः समाह्वयते परान् । क्षत्रबन्धुरशक्तत्वाल्लोके स पुरुषाधमः॥५-१६०-४॥
But he who, relying on another’s strength, challenges others—being, through incapacity, a mere ‘kinsman of kṣatriyas’ (kṣatrabandhu)—is regarded in the world as the lowest of men.
english translation
स त्वं परेषां वीर्येण मन्यसे वीर्यमात्मनः । स्वयं कापुरुषो मूढः परांश्च क्षेप्तुमिच्छसि॥५-१६०-५॥
Yet you, through others’ valor, imagine it to be your own; yourself timid and deluded, you still wish to disparage others.
english translation