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चत्वारस्तेन मे वाहाः सूतश्चैव विशां पते । प्रतिरुद्धास्तथैवाहं समरे दंशितः स्थितः॥५-१८०-२१॥
By him, O lord of the people, my four horses and my charioteer were checked; and I too stood restrained in the engagement, yet fully prepared.
english translation
नमस्कृत्य च देवेभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च भारत । तमहं स्मयन्निव रणे प्रत्यभाषं व्यवस्थितम्॥५-१८०-२२॥
Having offered reverence to the gods and to the Brāhmaṇas, O Bhārata, I addressed him in the engagement—almost with a faint smile—as he stood poised.
english translation
आचार्यता मानिता मे निर्मर्यादे ह्यपि त्वयि । भूयस्तु शृणु मे ब्रह्मन्संपदं धर्मसंग्रहे॥५-१८०-२३॥
I have honored your standing as a teacher—even though you have acted without restraint. Yet listen further, O brāhmaṇa, to my position regarding the consolidation of dharma.
english translation
ये ते वेदाः शरीरस्था ब्राह्मण्यं यच्च ते महत् । तपश्च सुमहत्तप्तं न तेभ्यः प्रहराम्यहम्॥५-१८०-२४॥
The Vedas that abide in your person, your eminent brāhmaṇa-status, and the great austerity you have undertaken—I will not direct my force against those.
english translation
प्रहरे क्षत्रधर्मस्य यं त्वं राम समास्थितः । ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियत्वं हि याति शस्त्रसमुद्यमात्॥५-१८०-२५॥
I respond only to that aspect of kṣatriya-duty which you, Rāma, have adopted; for a brāhmaṇa indeed assumes the condition of a kṣatriya by taking up arms.
english translation