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ज्ञातिभिर्विग्रहस्तात न कर्तव्यो भवार्थिना । सुखानि सह भोज्यानि ज्ञातिभिर्भरतर्षभ॥५-३९-२१॥
Dear father, one who seeks well-being should not enter into hostility with kinsmen. Comforts should be enjoyed together with kinsmen, O best of the Bharatas.
english translation
संभोजनं संकथनं संप्रीतिश्च परस्परम् । ज्ञातिभिः सह कार्याणि न विरोधः कथंचन॥५-३९-२२॥
Shared meals, mutual conversation, and reciprocal goodwill—one should conduct affairs together with one’s kinsmen and never, in any way, set oneself in opposition to them.
english translation
ज्ञातयस्तारयन्तीह ज्ञातयो मज्जयन्ति च । सुवृत्तास्तारयन्तीह दुर्वृत्ता मज्जयन्ति च॥५-३९-२३॥
Kinsmen can support one here, and kinsmen can also bring one down. Those of good conduct support one here; those of bad conduct bring one down.
english translation
सुवृत्तो भव राजेन्द्र पाण्डवान्प्रति मानद । अधर्षणीयः शत्रूणां तैर्वृतस्त्वं भविष्यसि॥५-३९-२४॥
Be of good conduct, O lord of kings, toward the Pāṇḍavas, O giver of honor. Supported by them, you will become unassailable to your foes.
english translation
श्रीमन्तं ज्ञातिमासाद्य यो ज्ञातिरवसीदति । दिग्धहस्तं मृग इव स एनस्तस्य विन्दति॥५-३९-२५॥
A kinsman who, having approached a prosperous relative, falls into distress—like a deer approaching one whose hands are smeared with bait—incurs the moral fault attributable to that person.
english translation