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तथैव विदुरं ब्रूयाः कुरूणां मन्त्रधारिणम् । अयुद्धं सौम्य भाषस्व हितकामो युधिष्ठिरः॥५-३१-११॥
Likewise, speak to Vidura, the counsellor and bearer of counsel among the Kurus: “Speak gently for the sake of non-conflict; Yudhiṣṭhira seeks only what is beneficial.”
english translation
अथो सुयोधनं ब्रूया राजपुत्रममर्षणम् । मध्ये कुरूणामासीनमनुनीय पुनः पुनः॥५-३१-१२॥
Then address Suyodhana, the intolerant prince: as he sits amid the Kurus, conciliate him, soothing him again and again.
english translation
अपश्यन्मामुपेक्षन्तं कृष्णामेकां सभागताम् । तद्दुःखमतितिक्षाम मा वधीष्म कुरूनिति॥५-३१-१३॥
“When Kṛṣṇā came alone into the assembly, you saw me remain indifferent. Let us endure that sorrow; let us not bring upon the Kurus a destruction wrought by judgment.”
english translation
एवं पूर्वापरान्क्लेशानतितिक्षन्त पाण्डवाः । यथा बलीयसः सन्तस्तत्सर्वं कुरवो विदुः॥५-३१-१४॥
Thus the Pāṇḍavas endured hardships, earlier and later, as those overborne by the stronger; the Kurus know all of this.
english translation
यन्नः प्राव्राजयः सौम्य अजिनैः प्रतिवासितान् । तद्दुःखमतितिक्षाम मा वधीष्म कुरूनिति॥५-३१-१५॥
O gentle one, when you drove us into exile and made us dwell clad in deerskins, we endured that sorrow, thinking: “Let us not slay the Kurus.”
english translation