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पापः क्षत्रियधर्मोऽयं वयं च क्षत्रबान्धवाः । स नः स्वधर्मोऽधर्मो वा वृत्तिरन्या विगर्हिता॥५-७०-४६॥
This Kṣatriya code seems blameworthy, and we are bound to the Kṣatriya line. Whether it is truly our own duty or a form of non‑duty, any other livelihood is censured for us.
english translation
शूद्रः करोति शुश्रूषां वैश्या विपणिजीविनः । वयं वधेन जीवामः कपालं ब्राह्मणैर्वृतम्॥५-७०-४७॥
The Śūdra lives by service; the Vaiśya by trade. We live by killing—like a begging bowl carried by Brahmins—our livelihood feeling stained with moral fault.
english translation
क्षत्रियः क्षत्रियं हन्ति मत्स्यो मत्स्येन जीवति । श्वा श्वानं हन्ति दाशार्ह पश्य धर्मो यथागतः॥५-७०-४८॥
A Kṣatriya kills a Kṣatriya; a fish lives by consuming fish; a dog kills a dog. O Dāśārha, behold how ‘dharma’ has come to be understood.
english translation
युद्धे कृष्ण कलिर्नित्यं प्राणाः सीदन्ति संयुगे । बलं तु नीतिमात्राय हठे जयपराजयौ॥५-७०-४९॥
In war, O Kṛṣṇa, discord is constant, and lives falter in the clash. Force is only a limited instrument of policy; under sheer obstinacy, victory and defeat become arbitrary.
english translation
नात्मच्छन्देन भूतानां जीवितं मरणं तथा । नाप्यकाले सुखं प्राप्यं दुःखं वापि यदूत्तम॥५-७०- ५०॥
The life and death of beings do not proceed according to one’s personal preference. Nor are pleasure or suffering obtained out of season, O best of the Yadus.
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