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ततस्ते तापसाः सर्वे भार्गवस्यानुयायिनः । प्रेक्षकाः समपद्यन्त परिवार्य रणाजिरम्॥५-१७९-२१॥
Then all those ascetics—followers of Bhārgava—took their places as observers, surrounding the field of battle.
english translation
ततो मामब्रवीद्देवी सर्वभूतहितैषिणी । माता स्वरूपिणी राजन्किमिदं ते चिकीर्षितम्॥५-१७९-२२॥
Then the goddess—my mother, intent on the welfare of all beings—said to me: “O King, what is it that you intend to do?”
english translation
गत्वाहं जामदग्न्यं तं प्रयाचिष्ये कुरूद्वह । भीष्मेण सह मा योत्सीः शिष्येणेति पुनः पुनः॥५-१७९-२३॥
“I will go and petition that Jāmadagnya, O best of the Kurus. Again and again I shall say to him: ‘Do not engage in combat with Bhīṣma—your disciple.’”
english translation
मा मैवं पुत्र निर्बन्धं कुरु विप्रेण पार्थिव । जामदग्न्येन समरे योद्धुमित्यवभर्त्सयत्॥५-१७९-२४॥
She admonished me: “Do not persist in this way, my son, O king—do not insist on entering combat with the Brahmin Jāmadagnya.”
english translation
किं न वै क्षत्रियहरो हरतुल्यपराक्रमः । विदितः पुत्र रामस्ते यतस्त्वं योद्धुमिच्छसि॥५-१७९-२५॥
“Is not Rāma well known to you, my son—the subduer of kṣatriyas, whose prowess is comparable to Hara (Śiva)? Why, then, do you wish to fight him?”
english translation