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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । जाग्रतो दह्यमानस्य यत्कार्यमनुपश्यसि । तद्ब्रूहि त्वं हि नस्तात धर्मार्थकुशलः शुचिः॥५-३४-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: As I lie awake, inwardly consumed, tell me whatever course of action you discern as needful. For you, dear one, are pure and skilled in both dharma and artha.
english translation
त्वं मां यथावद्विदुर प्रशाधि प्रज्ञापूर्वं सर्वमजातशत्रोः । यन्मन्यसे पथ्यमदीनसत्त्व श्रेयस्करं ब्रूहि तद्वै कुरूणाम्॥५-३४-२॥
Instruct me properly, Vidura, with full discernment, in all that concerns Ajātaśatru. Whatever you deem wholesome and beneficial—O you of undepressed resolve—declare that as what is truly best for the Kurus.
english translation
पापाशङ्की पापमेवानुपश्यन्पृच्छामि त्वां व्याकुलेनात्मनाहम् । कवे तन्मे ब्रूहि सर्वं यथावन्मनीषितं सर्वमजातशत्रोः॥५-३४-३॥
Fearing sin and seeing only sin ahead, I ask you with a troubled mind. O sage-poet, tell me fully and truly all that Ajātaśatru intends.
english translation
विदुर उवाच । शुभं वा यदि वा पापं द्वेष्यं वा यदि वा प्रियम् । अपृष्टस्तस्य तद्ब्रूयाद्यस्य नेच्छेत्पराभवम्॥५-३४-४॥
Vidura said: Whether it is auspicious or harmful, whether it is unpleasant or dear—one should speak it even unasked to the person whose downfall one does not wish.
english translation
तस्माद्वक्ष्यामि ते राजन्भवमिच्छन्कुरून्प्रति । वचः श्रेयस्करं धर्म्यं ब्रुवतस्तन्निबोध मे॥५-३४-५॥
Therefore, O king, wishing well-being for the Kurus, I shall speak to you words that accord with dharma and lead to the highest good. Attend to what I say.
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