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पञ्च नस्तात दीयन्तां ग्रामा वा नगराणि वा । वसेम सहिता येषु मा च नो भरता नशन्॥५-७०-१६॥
“Grant us five, dear one—whether villages or towns—where we may dwell together; and let the Bhāratas not come to ruin because of us.”
english translation
न च तानपि दुष्टात्मा धार्तराष्ट्रोऽनुमन्यते । स्वाम्यमात्मनि मत्वासावतो दुःखतरं नु किम्॥५-७०-१७॥
“Yet even those the Dhārtarāṣṭra, of corrupted disposition, does not approve, imagining sovereignty to reside in himself alone. What could be more distressing than this?”
english translation
कुले जातस्य वृद्धस्य परवित्तेषु गृध्यतः । लोभः प्रज्ञानमाहन्ति प्रज्ञा हन्ति हता ह्रियम्॥५-७०-१८॥
“For one born in a noble lineage and advanced in years, who nevertheless covets another’s wealth—greed strikes down discernment; and discernment, once impaired, destroys moral shame (hri).”
english translation
ह्रीर्हता बाधते धर्मं धर्मो हन्ति हतः श्रियम् । श्रीर्हता पुरुषं हन्ति पुरुषस्यास्वता वधः॥५-७०-१९॥
“When moral shame is destroyed, it obstructs dharma; dharma, once obstructed, destroys prosperity; prosperity, once destroyed, ruins the person; and for a person, loss of prosperity is a form of social death.”
english translation
अस्वतो हि निवर्तन्ते ज्ञातयः सुहृदर्त्विजः । अपुष्पादफलाद्वृक्षाद्यथा तात पतत्रिणः॥५-७०-२०॥
For relatives, friends, and officiating priests withdraw from one who lacks prosperity—just as birds depart from a tree without flowers and fruit, dear one.
english translation