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हितं यत्सर्वभूतानामात्मनश्च सुखावहम् । तत्कुर्यादीश्वरो ह्येतन्मूलं धर्मार्थसिद्धये॥५-३७-३६॥
A ruler should do what benefits all beings and also conduces to one’s own well-being; for this is the root principle by which both dharma and artha are accomplished.
english translation
बुद्धिः प्रभावस्तेजश्च सत्त्वमुत्थानमेव च । व्यवसायश्च यस्य स्यात्तस्यावृत्तिभयं कुतः॥५-३७-३७॥
For one who possesses intelligence, influence, vigor, steadiness of character, initiative, and disciplined resolve—how could there be fear regarding one’s livelihood or standing?
english translation
पश्य दोषान्पाण्डवैर्विग्रहे त्वं यत्र व्यथेरन्नपि देवाः सशक्राः । पुत्रैर्वैरं नित्यमुद्विग्नवासो यशःप्रणाशो द्विषतां च हर्षः॥५-३७-३८॥
Consider the liabilities of entering into hostility with the Pāṇḍavas—where even the gods, together with Śakra (Indra), would be distressed: enmity involving your sons, continual anxious living, loss of reputation, and the satisfaction of adversaries.
english translation
भीष्मस्य कोपस्तव चेन्द्रकल्प द्रोणस्य राज्ञश्च युधिष्ठिरस्य । उत्सादयेल्लोकमिमं प्रवृद्धः श्वेतो ग्रहस्तिर्यगिवापतन्खे॥५-३७-३९॥
O king, if the anger of Bhīṣma, of you (Indra-like), of Droṇa, and of King Yudhiṣṭhira were to intensify, it could destabilize this world—like a bright celestial body moving obliquely across the sky.
english translation
तव पुत्रशतं चैव कर्णः पञ्च च पाण्डवाः । पृथिवीमनुशासेयुरखिलां सागराम्बराम्॥५-३७-४०॥
Your hundred sons, and Karṇa, and the five Pāṇḍavas could together govern the entire earth, bounded by oceans.
english translation