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ततः किरातास्तद्दृष्ट्वा प्रार्थयन्तो महीपते । विनेशुर्विषमे तस्मिन्ससर्पे गिरिगह्वरे॥५-६२-२६॥
Then the Kirātas, seeing it and longing for it, O king, perished in that perilous mountain cavern inhabited by serpents.
english translation
तथैव तव पुत्रोऽयं पृथिवीमेक इच्छति । मधु पश्यति संमोहात्प्रपातं नानुपश्यति॥५-६२-२७॥
So too this son of yours desires the earth as his sole possession; in delusion he sees only the “honey” and does not notice the precipice.
english translation
दुर्योधनो योद्धुमनाः समरे सव्यसाचिना । न च पश्यामि तेजोऽस्य विक्रमं वा तथाविधम्॥५-६२-२८॥
Duryodhana is intent on engaging Savyasācin (Arjuna) in battle; yet I do not see in him that brilliance, nor the strength for such a feat.
english translation
एकेन रथमास्थाय पृथिवी येन निर्जिता । प्रतीक्षमाणो यो वीरः क्षमते वीक्षितं तव॥५-६२-२९॥
That hero who, mounting but a single chariot, conquered the earth—though he waits—still endures your disregard.
english translation
द्रुपदो मत्स्यराजश्च संक्रुद्धश्च धनंजयः । न शेषयेयुः समरे वायुयुक्ता इवाग्नयः॥५-६२-३०॥
Drupada, the king of Matsya, and Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna), when provoked, would leave no remnant in battle—like fires intensified by the wind.
english translation