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युधिष्ठिर उवाच । उत सन्तमसन्तं च बालं वृद्धं च संजय । उताबलं बलीयांसं धाता प्रकुरुते वशे ॥५-३१-१॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Truly, O Sañjaya, the Ordainer brings under his control both the virtuous and the non-virtuous, the young and the old; likewise the powerless and the powerful.
english translation
उत बालाय पाण्डित्यं पण्डितायोत बालताम् । ददाति सर्वमीशानः पुरस्ताच्छुक्रमुच्चरन्॥५-३१-२॥
And indeed, the Lord grants learning to a child, and childlike simplicity to a learned person; the Sovereign bestows all, proclaiming from the outset what is bright and auspicious.
english translation
अलं विज्ञापनाय स्यादाचक्षीथा यथातथम् । अथो मन्त्रं मन्त्रयित्वा अन्योन्येनातिहृष्टवत्॥५-३१-३॥
Let this suffice for the report; relate matters as they truly are. Then, having deliberated on counsel, they proceeded with mutual satisfaction, as if greatly pleased.
english translation
गावल्गणे कुरून्गत्वा धृतराष्ट्रं महाबलम् । अभिवाद्योपसंगृह्य ततः पृच्छेरनामयम्॥५-३१-४॥
O Gāvalgaṇa, having gone to the Kurus, you should respectfully greet and formally approach the mighty Dhṛtarāṣṭra; then you should inquire whether he is free from illness.
english translation
ब्रूयाश्चैनं त्वमासीनं कुरुभिः परिवारितम् । तवैव राजन्वीर्येण सुखं जीवन्ति पाण्डवाः॥५-३१-५॥
Address him as he sits surrounded by the Kurus: “O king, it is by your own strength that the Pāṇḍavas live in comfort.”
english translation