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अकालिकं कुरवो नाभविष्यन्पापेन चेत्पापमजातशत्रुः । इच्छेज्जातु त्वयि पापं विसृज्य निन्दा चेयं तव लोकेऽभविष्यत्॥५-३२-२१॥
The Kurus would not have met an untimely calamity if Ajātaśatru had sought to repay wrongdoing with wrongdoing. But he chose to relinquish hostility toward you; therefore this public censure of you has arisen in the world.
english translation
किमन्यत्र विषयादीश्वराणां यत्र पार्थः परलोकं ददर्श । अत्यक्रामत्स तथा संमतः स्यान्न संशयो नास्ति मनुष्यकारः॥५-३२-२२॥
What more can be said of the dominion of sense-objects, when even Pārtha (Arjuna) beheld the other world? He overstepped the ordinary limit and yet would be deemed justified—there is no doubt; in such matters, human agency is not decisive.
english translation
एतान्गुणान्कर्मकृतानवेक्ष्य भावाभावौ वर्तमानावनित्यौ । बलिर्हि राजा पारमविन्दमानो नान्यत्कालात्कारणं तत्र मेने॥५-३२-२३॥
Having examined these qualities produced by action, and seeing existence and non-existence as present yet impermanent, King Bali—while attaining the far shore (the ultimate end)—considered no cause there other than Time.
english translation
चक्षुः श्रोत्रे नासिका त्वक्च जिह्वा ज्ञानस्यैतान्यायतनानि जन्तोः । तानि प्रीतान्येव तृष्णाक्षयान्ते तान्यव्यथो दुःखहीनः प्रणुद्यात्॥५-३२-२४॥
The eye, the ears, the nose, the skin, and the tongue—these are the bases of cognition for a living being. When craving comes to exhaustion, these very faculties become tranquil; then, free from distress and suffering, one should restrain and withdraw them.
english translation
न त्वेव मन्ये पुरुषस्य कर्म संवर्तते सुप्रयुक्तं यथावत् । मातुः पितुः कर्मणाभिप्रसूतः संवर्धते विधिवद्भोजनेन॥५-३२-२५॥
Yet I do not think that a person’s action unfolds solely as well-applied and exactly as intended. Born through the actions of mother and father, one grows through nourishment taken according to proper rule.
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