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यथेच्छकं स्वयंग्राहाद्रथानतिरथांस्तथा । कामद्वेषसमायुक्तो मोहात्प्रकुरुते भवान्॥५-१६५-१६॥
From mere self-assertion you classify chariot-warriors and atirathas as you please. Bound up with desire and aversion, you act out of delusion.
english translation
दुर्योधन महाबाहो साधु सम्यगवेक्ष्यताम् । त्यज्यतां दुष्टभावोऽयं भीष्मः किल्बिषकृत्तव॥५-१६५-१७॥
O Duryodhana, mighty-armed, consider this carefully and rightly. Abandon this hostile disposition: Bhīṣma, it is said, has acted in a way that has brought fault upon you.
english translation
भिन्ना हि सेना नृपते दुःसंधेया भवत्युत । मौलापि पुरुषव्याघ्र किमु नाना समुत्थिता॥५-१६५-१८॥
For a divided army, O king, becomes difficult to consolidate. Even a hereditary force, O tiger among men, is hard to hold together—how much more one assembled from many different sources.
english translation
एषां द्वैधं समुत्पन्नं योधानां युधि भारत । तेजोवधो नः क्रियते प्रत्यक्षेण विशेषतः॥५-१६५-१९॥
O Bhārata, divided loyalty has arisen among these combatants in the engagement; thereby our standing and effectiveness are being directly diminished, especially in ways visible to all.
english translation
रथानां क्व च विज्ञानं क्व च भीष्मोऽल्पचेतनः । अहमावारयिष्यामि पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्॥५-१६५-२०॥
Where is true mastery of chariot warfare, and what is Bhīṣma—of limited judgment—by comparison? I myself will hold back the host of the Pāṇḍavas.
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