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आददानस्य शस्त्रं हि क्षत्रधर्मं परीप्सतः । निधनं ब्राह्मणस्याजौ वरमेवाहुरुत्तमम्॥५-५०-५१॥
For a brāhmaṇa who takes up weapons seeking the duty of a kṣatriya, the highest authorities say that death in a military engagement is preferable.
english translation
स वै शोचामि सर्वान्वै ये युयुत्सन्ति पाण्डवान् । विक्रुष्टं विदुरेणादौ तदेतद्भयमागतम्॥५-५०-५२॥
I grieve for all those who wish to engage the Pāṇḍavas in conflict; what Vidura warned about at the outset has now arrived as this very danger.
english translation
न तु मन्ये विघाताय ज्ञानं दुःखस्य संजय । भवत्यतिबले ह्येतज्ज्ञानमप्युपघातकम्॥५-५०-५३॥
Yet I do not think, O Saṃjaya, that knowledge serves to remove suffering; when suffering is overwhelming, even knowledge becomes an additional burden.
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ऋषयो ह्यपि निर्मुक्ताः पश्यन्तो लोकसंग्रहान् । सुखे भवन्ति सुखिनस्तथा दुःखेन दुःखिताः॥५-५०-५४॥
Even sages who are liberated, observing the conditions of the world, become glad in times of well-being and likewise distressed when there is distress.
english translation
किं पुनर्योऽहमासक्तस्तत्र तत्र सहस्रधा । पुत्रेषु राज्यदारेषु पौत्रेष्वपि च बन्धुषु॥५-५०-५५॥
How much more so in my case—attached in countless ways here and there: to sons, to sovereignty and spouses, to grandsons, and to relatives.
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