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कालेन महता चैषां भविष्यति पराभवः । प्रकृतिं ते भजिष्यन्ति नष्टप्रकृतयो जनाः॥५-७१-१६॥
“In due course, after a long time, their defeat will come to pass; and people whose standing is ruined will submit to your authority”—thus he projected their future.
english translation
एताश्चान्याश्च परुषा वाचः स समुदीरयन् । श्लाघते ज्ञातिमध्ये स्म त्वयि प्रव्रजिते वनम्॥५-७१-१७॥
Uttering these and other harsh words, he would boast among the kinsmen when you had departed to the forest.
english translation
ये तत्रासन्समानीतास्ते दृष्ट्वा त्वामनागसम् । अश्रुकण्ठा रुदन्तश्च सभायामासते तदा॥५-७१-१८॥
Those assembled there, upon seeing you blameless, sat in the hall then, their voices choked with tears, weeping.
english translation
न चैनमभ्यनन्दंस्ते राजानो ब्राह्मणैः सह । सर्वे दुर्योधनं तत्र निन्दन्ति स्म सभासदः॥५-७१-१९॥
And the kings there, together with the brāhmaṇas, did not approve of him; all the members of the assembly censured Duryodhana on that occasion.
english translation
कुलीनस्य च या निन्दा वधश्चामित्रकर्शन । महागुणो वधो राजन्न तु निन्दा कुजीविका॥५-७१-२०॥
O subduer of foes, for a noble person censure and punitive death are distinct: death may be held to possess a certain dignity, O King, but censure is a degrading livelihood.
english translation