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न स्वप्नेन जयेन्निद्रां न कामेन स्त्रियं जयेत् । नेन्धनेन जयेदग्निं न पानेन सुरां जयेत्॥५-३९-६६॥
One should not overcome sleep by sleeping more; one should not overcome desire by pursuing a woman. One should not overcome fire by adding fuel; one should not overcome intoxicants by further drinking.
english translation
यस्य दानजितं मित्रममित्रा युधि निर्जिताः । अन्नपानजिता दाराः सफलं तस्य जीवितम्॥५-३९-६७॥
He whose friend is won by gifts, whose foes are subdued in battle by stratagem, and whose household is won over by food and drink—his life bears no true fruit.
english translation
सहस्रिणोऽपि जीवन्ति जीवन्ति शतिनस्तथा । धृतराष्ट्रं विमुञ्चेच्छां न कथंचिन्न जीव्यते॥५-३९-६८॥
Even those with thousands live; likewise those with hundreds live. O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, relinquish craving—for bound to it, one cannot live well in any way.
english translation
यत्पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः । नालमेकस्य तत्सर्वमिति पश्यन्न मुह्यति॥५-३९-६९॥
Whatever exists on earth—rice and barley, gold, cattle, and women—none of it, even in its entirety, is sufficient for a single person; seeing this, one is not deluded.
english translation
राजन्भूयो ब्रवीमि त्वां पुत्रेषु सममाचर । समता यदि ते राजन्स्वेषु पाण्डुसुतेषु च॥५-३९-७०॥
O King, I say again to you: act with impartiality among your sons—let there be equality in you, O King, toward your own and toward the sons of Pāṇḍu as well.
english translation