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परं धर्मात्पाण्डवस्यानृशंस्यं धर्मः परो वित्तचयान्मतोऽस्य । सुखप्रिये धर्महीने न पार्थोऽनुरुध्यते भारत तस्य विद्धि॥५-३२-११॥
“For the Pāṇḍava, non-cruelty is higher than anything else; for him, dharma is regarded as superior to the accumulation of wealth. Know this, O Bhārata: Pārtha does not accommodate one who is attached to pleasure yet devoid of dharma.”
english translation
परप्रयुक्तः पुरुषो विचेष्टते सूत्रप्रोता दारुमयीव योषा । इमं दृष्ट्वा नियमं पाण्डवस्य मन्ये परं कर्म दैवं मनुष्यात्॥५-३२-१२॥
A man, driven by another, acts like a wooden puppet fastened by strings. Seeing this constraint laid upon the Pāṇḍava, I judge that daiva—destiny—determines more strongly than human effort.
english translation
इमं च दृष्ट्वा तव कर्मदोषं पादोदर्कं घोरमवर्णरूपम् । यावन्नरः कामयतेऽतिकाल्यं तावन्नरोऽयं लभते प्रशंसाम्॥५-३२-१३॥
And seeing this fault in your conduct—its later consequence dreadful and disfiguring to your name—so long as a man desires what is untimely or excessive, so long does he gain only superficial praise.
english translation
अजातशत्रुस्तु विहाय पापं जीर्णां त्वचं सर्प इवासमर्थाम् । विरोचतेऽहार्यवृत्तेन धीरो युधिष्ठिरस्त्वयि पापं विसृज्य॥५-३२-१४॥
But Ajātaśatru, casting off wrongdoing like a serpent shedding an old, powerless skin, shines by an unassailable way of conduct—the steadfast Yudhiṣṭhira, having relinquished all hostility toward you.
english translation
अङ्गात्मनः कर्म निबोध राजन्धर्मार्थयुक्तादार्यवृत्तादपेतम् । उपक्रोशं चेह गतोऽसि राजन्नोहेश्च पापं प्रसजेदमुत्र॥५-३२-१५॥
Understand, O king, the conduct of your own person and household: it has strayed from noble practice aligned with dharma and artha. Here you have incurred public reproach, O king, and there in the hereafter wrongdoing may cling to you as well.
english translation