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सुधन्वोवाच । उदकं मधुपर्कं च पथ एवार्पितं मम । प्रह्राद त्वं तु नौ प्रश्नं तथ्यं प्रब्रूहि पृच्छतोः॥५-३५-२१॥
Sudhanvan said: “The water and madhuparka were already offered to me on the road. But you, Prahrāda—since we ask—declare to us the truth of the matter.”
english translation
प्रह्राद उवाच । पुत्रो वान्यो भवान्ब्रह्मन्साक्ष्ये चैव भवेत्स्थितः । तयोर्विवदतोः प्रश्नं कथमस्मद्विधो वदेत्॥५-३५-२२॥
Prahrāda said: “O brāhmaṇa, you are either my son or an outsider, and you stand here as a witness. How could one such as I answer the question of two disputants?”
english translation
अथ यो नैव प्रब्रूयात्सत्यं वा यदि वानृतम् । एतत्सुधन्वन्पृच्छामि दुर्विवक्ता स्म किं वसेत्॥५-३५-२३॥
“Now if someone does not answer—whether with truth or with untruth—this I ask you, Sudhanvan: what fate befalls a poor respondent?”
english translation
सुधन्वोवाच । यां रात्रिमधिविन्ना स्त्री यां चैवाक्षपराजितः । यां च भाराभितप्ताङ्गो दुर्विवक्ता स्म तां वसेत्॥५-३५-२४॥
Sudhanvan said: “A poor respondent dwells in a night like that of a man whose wife has been taken by another, like that of one defeated at dice, and like that of one whose body is distressed by burdens.”
english translation
नगरे प्रतिरुद्धः सन्बहिर्द्वारे बुभुक्षितः । अमित्रान्भूयसः पश्यन्दुर्विवक्ता स्म तां वसेत्॥५-३५-२५॥
One who is barred from the city, hungry at the outer gate, and repeatedly beholds adversaries in greater number—such a person, driven into harsh speech, would remain in that plight.
english translation