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एष प्रह्राद पुत्रस्ते मया दत्तो विरोचनः । पादप्रक्षालनं कुर्यात्कुमार्याः संनिधौ मम॥५-३५-३१॥
“This Virocana—your son, O Prahrāda—has been given by me. He shall perform the washing of feet in the presence of my maiden (daughter).”
english translation
विदुर उवाच । तस्माद्राजेन्द्र भूम्यर्थे नानृतं वक्तुमर्हसि । मा गमः ससुतामात्योऽत्ययं पुत्राननुभ्रमन्॥५-३५-३२॥
Vidura said: “Therefore, O lord of kings, for the sake of land you should not speak falsehood. Do not proceed—together with sons and ministers—into transgression, drawing your sons into error.”
english translation
न देवा यष्टिमादाय रक्षन्ति पशुपालवत् । यं तु रक्षितुमिच्छन्ति बुद्ध्या संविभजन्ति तम्॥५-३५-३३॥
The gods do not protect someone by taking up a staff like a herdsman; rather, whomever they wish to protect, they endow with discerning intelligence.
english translation
यथा यथा हि पुरुषः कल्याणे कुरुते मनः । तथा तथास्य सर्वार्थाः सिध्यन्ते नात्र संशयः॥५-३५-३४॥
For in whatever manner a person directs the mind toward the good, in that very manner all their aims are accomplished—of this there is no doubt.
english translation
न छन्दांसि वृजिनात्तारयन्ति मायाविनं मायया वर्तमानम् । नीडं शकुन्ता इव जातपक्षाश्छन्दांस्येनं प्रजहत्यन्तकाले॥५-३५-३५॥
Vedic learning does not rescue from wrongdoing one who is deceitful and lives by deception. At the final moment, the Vedas abandon such a person, as fledged birds abandon the nest.
english translation