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पश्चादपि नरश्रेष्ठ तव तापो भविष्यति । तान्वा हतान्सुतान्वापि श्रुत्वा तदनुचिन्तय॥५-३९-२६॥
Even afterward, O best of men, anguish will be yours—when you hear that they, or even your sons, have been slain; reflect upon that consequence.
english translation
येन खट्वां समारूढः परितप्येत कर्मणा । आदावेव न तत्कुर्यादध्रुवे जीविते सति॥५-३९-२७॥
One should not, at the very outset, undertake that deed for which—later, lying upon one’s bed—one would be tormented by one’s own act; for life is uncertain.
english translation
न कश्चिन्नापनयते पुमानन्यत्र भार्गवात् । शेषसंप्रतिपत्तिस्तु बुद्धिमत्स्वेव तिष्ठति॥५-३९-२८॥
No one overturns a settled course, save a Bhārgava; but the remaining means of resolution rest only with the intelligent.
english translation
दुर्योधनेन यद्येतत्पापं तेषु पुरा कृतम् । त्वया तत्कुलवृद्धेन प्रत्यानेयं नरेश्वर॥५-३९-२९॥
If this wrongdoing was once done to them by Duryodhana, then you—being the elder of that lineage—should set it right, O lord of men.
english translation
तांस्त्वं पदे प्रतिष्ठाप्य लोके विगतकल्मषः । भविष्यसि नरश्रेष्ठ पूजनीयो मनीषिणाम्॥५-३९-३०॥
Having established them in their rightful place, you will become, in the eyes of the world, free from moral taint, O best of men, and worthy of honor among the wise.
english translation