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कर्णिनालीकनाराचा निर्हरन्ति शरीरतः । वाक्शल्यस्तु न निर्हर्तुं शक्यो हृदिशयो हि सः॥५-३४-७६॥
Barbed arrows and darts can be extracted from the body; but the barb of speech cannot be removed, for it remains lodged in the heart.
english translation
वाक्सायका वदनान्निष्पतन्ति यैराहतः शोचति रात्र्यहानि । परस्य नामर्मसु ते पतन्ति तान्पण्डितो नावसृजेत्परेषु॥५-३४-७७॥
Speech-arrows fly forth from the mouth; one struck by them grieves by night and by day. They fall upon the vital points of another; therefore a learned person should not release them against others.
english translation
यस्मै देवाः प्रयच्छन्ति पुरुषाय पराभवम् । बुद्धिं तस्यापकर्षन्ति सोऽपाचीनानि पश्यति॥५-३४-७८॥
For the man to whom the gods allot defeat, they draw away his discernment; then he beholds matters in a reversed and perverse way.
english translation
बुद्धौ कलुषभूतायां विनाशे प्रत्युपस्थिते । अनयो नयसंकाशो हृदयान्नापसर्पति॥५-३४-७९॥
When the intellect is tainted and destruction draws near, a course that is not true policy—though it resembles policy—does not withdraw from the heart.
english translation
सेयं बुद्धिः परीता ते पुत्राणां तव भारत । पाण्डवानां विरोधेन न चैनामवबुध्यसे॥५-३४-८०॥
This very discernment of yours, O Bhārata, has been overpowered by attachment to your sons and by opposition to the Pāṇḍavas—and you do not recognize it.
english translation