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वैशंपायन उवाच । स तु कौरव्यमासाद्य द्रुपदस्य पुरोहितः । सत्कृतो धृतराष्ट्रेण भीष्मेण विदुरेण च ॥५-२०-१॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Having reached the Kaurava court, Drupada’s priest was received with due honor by Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Bhīṣma, and Vidura.
english translation
सर्वं कौशल्यमुक्त्वादौ पृष्ट्वा चैवमनामयम् । सर्वसेनाप्रणेतॄणां मध्ये वाक्यमुवाच ह॥५-२०-२॥
After first offering all courtesies and inquiring after their welfare, he spoke his message in the midst of all the commanders of the armies.
english translation
सर्वैर्भवद्भिर्विदितो राजधर्मः सनातनः । वाक्योपादानहेतोस्तु वक्ष्यामि विदिते सति॥५-२०-३॥
The eternal rājadharma is known to all of you; yet, to ground my message, I shall state it again, though it is already known.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्रश्च पाण्डुश्च सुतावेकस्य विश्रुतौ । तयोः समानं द्रविणं पैतृकं नात्र संशयः॥५-२०-४॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu are renowned as the two sons of one father; therefore their paternal inheritance is equal—of this there is no doubt.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्रस्य ये पुत्रास्ते प्राप्ताः पैतृकं वसु । पाण्डुपुत्राः कथं नाम न प्राप्ताः पैतृकं वसु॥५-२०-५॥
The sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra have obtained the ancestral wealth; how, then, have the sons of Pāṇḍu not obtained the ancestral wealth?
english translation