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धार्तराष्ट्रा वनं राजन्व्याघ्राः पाण्डुसुता मताः । मा वनं छिन्धि सव्याघ्रं मा व्याघ्रान्नीनशो वनात्॥५-३७-४१॥
O king, the Dhārtarāṣṭras are deemed the forest, and the sons of Pāṇḍu the tigers. Do not fell the forest together with its tigers; do not drive the tigers out of the forest.
english translation
न स्याद्वनमृते व्याघ्रान्व्याघ्रा न स्युरृते वनम् । वनं हि रक्ष्यते व्याघ्रैर्व्याघ्रान्रक्षति काननम्॥५-३७-४२॥
There is no forest without tigers, and no tigers without a forest. The forest is protected by the tigers, and the woodland protects the tigers.
english translation
न तथेच्छन्त्यकल्याणाः परेषां वेदितुं गुणान् । यथैषां ज्ञातुमिच्छन्ति नैर्गुण्यं पापचेतसः॥५-३७-४३॥
Those of unwholesome disposition do not wish to recognize the virtues of others as much as they wish to identify others’ deficiencies, their intent being ethically compromised.
english translation
अर्थसिद्धिं परामिच्छन्धर्ममेवादितश्चरेत् । न हि धर्मादपैत्यर्थः स्वर्गलोकादिवामृतम्॥५-३७-४४॥
One who seeks the highest success in artha should practice dharma from the outset; for artha does not depart from dharma, just as amṛta does not depart from the heavenly realm.
english translation
यस्यात्मा विरतः पापात्कल्याणे च निवेशितः । तेन सर्वमिदं बुद्धं प्रकृतिर्विकृतिश्च या॥५-३७-४५॥
One whose self is restrained from wrongdoing and established in what is wholesome—by that person all this is understood: both natural disposition (prakṛti) and its distortions.
english translation