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तदाचचक्षे पुरुषः सभायां राजसंसदि । संजयोऽयं महाराज मूर्च्छितः पतितो भुवि । वाचं न सृजते कांचिद्धीनप्रज्ञोऽल्पचेतनः॥५-४९-११॥
Then a man reported in the royal assembly: “This Sañjaya, O great king, has fainted and fallen to the ground. He utters no speech; his understanding is diminished and his awareness reduced.”
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । अपश्यत्संजयो नूनं कुन्तीपुत्रान्महारथान् । तैरस्य पुरुषव्याघ्रैर्भृशमुद्वेजितं मनः॥५-४९-१२॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sañjaya must have seen Kuntī’s sons, those great chariot-warriors; by those tiger-like men his mind has been greatly unsettled.”
english translation
वैशंपायन उवाच । संजयश्चेतनां लब्ध्वा प्रत्याश्वस्येदमब्रवीत् । धृतराष्ट्रं महाराज सभायां कुरुसंसदि॥५-४९-१३॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Sañjaya, having regained consciousness and steadied himself, spoke these words to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, O great king, in the Kuru assembly.
english translation
दृष्टवानस्मि राजेन्द्र कुन्तीपुत्रान्महारथान् । मत्स्यराजगृहावासादवरोधेन कर्शितान् । शृणु यैर्हि महाराज पाण्डवा अभ्ययुञ्जत॥५-४९-१४॥
O king, I have seen the great chariot-warriors, the sons of Kuntī, worn down by the constraints of dwelling in the house of the king of Matsya. Hear, O great king, by whom the Pāṇḍavas were then supported and defended.
english translation
यो नैव रोषान्न भयान्न कामान्नार्थकारणात् । न हेतुवादाद्धर्मात्मा सत्यं जह्यात्कथंचन॥५-४९-१५॥
One established in dharma would never abandon truth—neither from anger, nor from fear, nor from desire, nor for worldly gain, nor even through contentious rationalization—under any circumstance.
english translation