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युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कां नु वाचं संजय मे शृणोषि युद्धैषिणीं येन युद्धाद्बिभेषि । अयुद्धं वै तात युद्धाद्गरीयः कस्तल्लब्ध्वा जातु युध्येत सूत ॥५-२६-१॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: What war-seeking speech do you hear from me, Sañjaya, that you fear war? Non-war, dear one, is weightier than war; having obtained that, who would ever choose to fight, O charioteer?
english translation
अकुर्वतश्चेत्पुरुषस्य संजय सिध्येत्संकल्पो मनसा यं यमिच्छेत् । न कर्म कुर्याद्विदितं ममैतदन्यत्र युद्धाद्बहु यल्लघीयः॥५-२६-२॥
Sañjaya, if a man’s resolve could be fulfilled without acting—whatever he might wish within his mind—then no one would undertake action. I know this well: apart from deliberate engagement in war, most undertakings are comparatively easier.
english translation
कुतो युद्धं जातु नरः प्रजानन्को दैवशप्तोऽभिवृणीत युद्धम् । सुखैषिणः कर्म कुर्वन्ति पार्था धर्मादहीनं यच्च लोकस्य पथ्यम्॥५-२६-३॥
How could one who understands reality ever choose war? Who, as though cursed by fate, would opt for battle? Those who seek well-being, O Pārtha, undertake actions not deficient in dharma and beneficial as a public norm for the world.
english translation
कर्मोदयं सुखमाशंसमानः कृच्छ्रोपायं तत्त्वतः कर्म दुःखम् । सुखप्रेप्सुर्विजिघांसुश्च दुःखं य इन्द्रियाणां प्रीतिवशानुगामी । कामाभिध्या स्वशरीरं दुनोति यया प्रयुक्तोऽनुकरोति दुःखम्॥५-२६-४॥
Expecting happiness as the outcome of action, one pursues difficult means; yet in truth, action is burdensome. Seeking pleasure and wishing to inflict suffering on others, one who follows the senses under the compulsion of gratification harms his own body; driven by craving and fixation, he repeatedly reproduces suffering.
english translation
यथेध्यमानस्य समिद्धतेजसो भूयो बलं वर्धते पावकस्य । कामार्थलाभेन तथैव भूयो न तृप्यते सर्पिषेवाग्निरिद्धः । संपश्येमं भोगचयं महान्तं सहास्माभिर्धृतराष्ट्रस्य राज्ञः॥५-२६-५॥
Just as a fire, when fed and blazing, grows stronger still, so too a person is not satisfied by gains of desire and wealth—like a fire intensified by clarified butter. Observe with us this vast accumulation of enjoyments belonging to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
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