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त्वं तु मां मन्यसेऽशक्तं यथा कापुरुषं तथा । भवानर्धरथो मह्यं मतो नास्त्यत्र संशयः॥५-१६५-११॥
“You, however, regard me as incapable, as though I were a coward. In my view, it is you who are the ‘half-chariot-warrior’; of this there is no doubt.”
english translation
सर्वस्य जगतश्चैव गाङ्गेय न मृषा वदे । कुरूणामहितो नित्यं न च राजावबुध्यते॥५-१६५-१२॥
O Gāṅgeya, before the whole world I do not speak falsely. You are ever acting against the Kurus’ welfare, and the king does not perceive it.
english translation
को हि नाम समानेषु राजसूदात्तकर्मसु । तेजोवधमिमं कुर्याद्विभेदयिषुराहवे । यथा त्वं गुणनिर्देशादपराधं चिकीर्षसि॥५-१६५-१३॥
For who, among those equal in royal dignity and eminent deeds, would thus diminish another’s splendor, seeking to sow division in a campaign—just as you attempt, under the pretext of “enumerating qualities”?
english translation
न हायनैर्न पलितैर्न वित्तैर्न च बन्धुभिः । महारथत्वं संख्यातुं शक्यं क्षत्रस्य कौरव॥५-१६५-१४॥
O Kaurava, a kṣatriya’s rank as a mahāratha cannot be measured by age, nor by gray hair, nor by wealth, nor by kin.
english translation
बलज्येष्ठं स्मृतं क्षत्रं मन्त्रज्येष्ठा द्विजातयः । धनज्येष्ठाः स्मृता वैश्याः शूद्रास्तु वयसाधिकाः॥५-१६५-१५॥
Kṣatriyas are said to be foremost by strength; the twice-born (dvija) by counsel and mantra; Vaiśyas by wealth; and Śūdras by greater age.
english translation