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संजय उवाच । यथार्हसे पाण्डव तत्तथैव कुरून्कुरुश्रेष्ठ जनं च पृच्छसि । अनामयास्तात मनस्विनस्ते कुरुश्रेष्ठान्पृच्छसि पार्थ यांस्त्वम्॥५-२४-१॥
Sañjaya said: O Pāṇḍava, you inquire most fittingly about the Kurus and their foremost men. Those eminent Kurus of whom you ask, O Pārtha, are well and steadfast in spirit, dear one.
english translation
सन्त्येव वृद्धाः साधवो धार्तराष्ट्रे सन्त्येव पापाः पाण्डव तस्य विद्धि । दद्याद्रिपोश्चापि हि धार्तराष्ट्रः कुतो दायांल्लोपयेद्ब्राह्मणानाम्॥५-२४-२॥
Among the Dhārtarāṣṭras there are indeed elders who are virtuous; and there are also those ethically compromised—know this, O Pāṇḍava. Dhṛtarāṣṭra would grant a share even to an adversary; how then would he withhold the rightful dues of brāhmaṇas?
english translation
यद्युष्माकं वर्ततेऽसौ न धर्म्यमद्रुग्धेषु द्रुग्धवत्तन्न साधु । मित्रध्रुक्स्याद्धृतराष्ट्रः सपुत्रो युष्मान्द्विषन्साधुवृत्तानसाधुः॥५-२४-३॥
If, in your case, he behaves in a manner not consistent with dharma—treating the unoffending as though they were offenders—that is not commendable. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, together with his son, would then become a betrayer of allies, hating you who conduct yourselves virtuously, and thus acting without virtue.
english translation
न चानुजानाति भृशं च तप्यते शोचत्यन्तः स्थविरोऽजातशत्रो । शृणोति हि ब्राह्मणानां समेत्य मित्रद्रोहः पातकेभ्यो गरीयान्॥५-२४-४॥
And he does not fully consent; the aged Ajātaśatru is deeply distressed and grieves inwardly. For he hears, upon meeting with brāhmaṇas, that betrayal of allies is graver than other transgressions.
english translation
स्मरन्ति तुभ्यं नरदेव संगमे युद्धे च जिष्णोश्च युधां प्रणेतुः । समुत्कृष्टे दुन्दुभिशङ्खशब्दे गदापाणिं भीमसेनं स्मरन्ति॥५-२४-५॥
O king, they remember you in assemblies, and they remember Bhīmasena, the mace-bearer, in the engagements of war—when the sound of drums and conches rises high—and they also remember Jiṣṇu, the leader among combatants.
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