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तमोऽप्रकाशो भूतानां नरकोऽयं प्रदृश्यते । गृह्यन्त इव धावन्ति गच्छन्तः श्वभ्रमुन्मुखाः॥५-४२-११॥
For embodied beings, this state appears as a darkness without light, like a hellish condition. They rush onward as though seized, moving with their faces turned toward a pit.
english translation
अभिध्या वै प्रथमं हन्ति चैनं कामक्रोधौ गृह्य चैनं तु पश्चात् । एते बालान्मृत्यवे प्रापयन्ति धीरास्तु धैर्येण तरन्ति मृत्युम्॥५-४२-१२॥
Covetous fixation strikes a person down first; thereafter desire and anger seize him. These drive the immature toward death, whereas the steady-minded cross beyond death through fortitude.
english translation
अमन्यमानः क्षत्रिय किंचिदन्यन्नाधीयते तार्ण इवास्य व्याघ्रः । क्रोधाल्लोभान्मोहमयान्तरात्मा स वै मृत्युस्त्वच्छरीरे य एषः॥५-४२-१३॥
When a kṣatriya becomes self-conceited, he no longer attends to anything else; like a tiger, he turns predatory. From anger and greed, his inner self becomes constituted of delusion—this indeed is the ‘death’ that resides within your body.
english translation
एवं मृत्युं जायमानं विदित्वा ज्ञाने तिष्ठन्न बिभेतीह मृत्योः । विनश्यते विषये तस्य मृत्युर्मृत्योर्यथा विषयं प्राप्य मर्त्यः॥५-४२-१४॥
Knowing thus how ‘death’ arises, one who stands firm in knowledge does not fear death here. For that person, death is nullified within its own domain—just as death is effective only when a mortal enters its range.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । येऽस्मिन्धर्मान्नाचरन्तीह केचित्तथा धर्मान्केचिदिहाचरन्ति । धर्मः पापेन प्रतिहन्यते स्म उताहो धर्मः प्रतिहन्ति पापम्॥५-४२-१५॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Some in this world do not practice Dharma, while others do practice Dharma. Is Dharma obstructed by wrongdoing, or does Dharma obstruct wrongdoing?
english translation