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तथा राज्ञो ह्यर्थयुक्तानमात्यान्दौवारिकान्ये च सेनां नयन्ति । आयव्ययं ये गणयन्ति युक्ता अर्थांश्च ये महतश्चिन्तयन्ति॥५-३०-२६॥
Likewise, (address) the king’s ministers skilled in fiscal matters, the chamberlains, and those who direct the army—those competent persons who calculate revenues and expenditures and who deliberate upon major affairs.
english translation
गान्धारराजः शकुनिः पार्वतीयो निकर्तने योऽद्वितीयोऽक्षदेवी । मानं कुर्वन्धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सूत मिथ्याबुद्धेः कुशलं तात पृच्छेः॥५-३०-२७॥
And inquire after Śakuni, the king of Gāndhāra, a man of the mountains—without equal in deceitful stratagems and in the art of dice—who advances the interests of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son; dear Sañjaya, ask after the welfare of that man of misguided judgment.
english translation
यः पाण्डवानेकरथेन वीरः समुत्सहत्यप्रधृष्यान्विजेतुम् । यो मुह्यतां मोहयिताद्वितीयो वैकर्तनं कुशलं तात पृच्छेः॥५-३०-२८॥
And inquire after Vaikartana (Karna), the hero who, from a single chariot, dares to overcome the Pāṇḍavas, so hard to subdue, and who is without equal in confounding those already confused; dear son, ask after his welfare.
english translation
स एव भक्तः स गुरुः स भृत्यः स वै पिता स च माता सुहृच्च । अगाधबुद्धिर्विदुरो दीर्घदर्शी स नो मन्त्री कुशलं तात पृच्छेः॥५-३०-२९॥
He is indeed the devoted well-wisher—the teacher, the servant, and as it were a father, a mother, and a friend: Vidura, of unfathomable intellect and far-seeing vision—he is our minister; dear son, inquire after his welfare.
english translation
वृद्धाः स्त्रियो याश्च गुणोपपन्ना या ज्ञायन्ते संजय मातरस्ताः । ताभिः सर्वाभिः सहिताभिः समेत्य स्त्रीभिर्वृद्धाभिरभिवादं वदेथाः॥५-३०-३०॥
As for the elderly women endowed with virtues—those who are revered as mothers, Sañjaya—approach them all together, and offer salutations and reverent greetings to those elder women.
english translation