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अहो पार्थ निमित्तानि विपरीतानि पश्यसि । स्वप्नान्ते जागरान्ते च तस्मात्प्रशममिच्छसि॥५-७३-१६॥
Ah, Pārtha—you perceive contrary portents, at the end of dreams and in waking as well; therefore you desire pacification.
english translation
अहो नाशंससे किंचित्पुंस्त्वं क्लीब इवात्मनि । कश्मलेनाभिपन्नोऽसि तेन ते विकृतं मनः॥५-७३-१७॥
Ah—you find nothing in yourself to commend, like one bereft of courage; you are overcome by confusion in dharma, and therefore your mind is distorted.
english translation
उद्वेपते ते हृदयं मनस्ते प्रविषीदति । ऊरुस्तम्भगृहीतोऽसि तस्मात्प्रशममिच्छसि॥५-७३-१८॥
Your heart recoils and your mind sinks; you are seized by stiffness in the thighs—therefore you seek pacification.
english translation
अनित्यं किल मर्त्यस्य चित्तं पार्थ चलाचलम् । वातवेगप्रचलिता अष्ठीला शाल्मलेरिव॥५-७३-१९॥
Indeed, a mortal’s mind is impermanent, O Pārtha—unsteady and wavering—like a śālmalī seed-pod driven about by the force of the wind.
english translation
तवैषा विकृता बुद्धिर्गवां वागिव मानुषी । मनांसि पाण्डुपुत्राणां मज्जयत्यप्लवानिव॥५-७३-२०॥
This distorted judgment of yours—like human speech among cattle—causes the minds of the sons of Pāṇḍu to sink, as if they were without a boat.
english translation