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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । क्षत्रतेजा ब्रह्मचारी कौमारादपि पाण्डवः । तेन संयुगमेष्यन्ति मन्दा विलपतो मम ॥५-५७-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “The Pāṇḍava bears the radiance of a kṣatriya and has lived as a brahmacārin—disciplined and celibate—since boyhood. Because of him they will come to battle, while I, lamenting, remain powerless.”
english translation
दुर्योधन निवर्तस्व युद्धाद्भरतसत्तम । न हि युद्धं प्रशंसन्ति सर्वावस्थमरिंदम॥५-५७-२॥
O Duryodhana, best of the Bharatas, withdraw from war; for conflict is not praised in every circumstance, O subduer of foes.
english translation
अलमर्धं पृथिव्यास्ते सहामात्यस्य जीवितुम् । प्रयच्छ पाण्डुपुत्राणां यथोचितमरिंदम॥५-५७-३॥
Half the earth is enough for you to live, together with your ministers. Grant the sons of Pāṇḍu what is fitting, O subduer of foes.
english translation
एतद्धि कुरवः सर्वे मन्यन्ते धर्मसंहितम् । यत्त्वं प्रशान्तिमिच्छेथाः पाण्डुपुत्रैर्महात्मभिः॥५-५७-४॥
Indeed, all the Kurus deem this consonant with dharma: that you should seek reconciliation with the great-souled sons of Pāṇḍu.
english translation
अङ्गेमां समवेक्षस्व पुत्र स्वामेव वाहिनीम् । जात एव तव स्रावस्त्वं तु मोहान्न बुध्यसे॥५-५७-५॥
My son, look closely at this—your own host. From the very outset the burden has been yours; yet, through delusion, you do not understand.
english translation