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अर्जुन उवाच । उक्तं युधिष्ठिरेणैव यावद्वाच्यं जनार्दन । तव वाक्यं तु मे श्रुत्वा प्रतिभाति परंतप॥५-७६-१॥
Arjuna said: “Janārdana, Yudhiṣṭhira has already spoken all that needed to be spoken. Yet, upon hearing your words, O subduer of foes, a further understanding dawns within me.”
english translation
नैव प्रशममत्र त्वं मन्यसे सुकरं प्रभो । लोभाद्वा धृतराष्ट्रस्य दैन्याद्वा समुपस्थितात्॥५-७६-२॥
“Lord, you do not deem pacification here to be easy—whether because of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s greed, or because of the helplessness that has come upon him.”
english translation
अफलं मन्यसे चापि पुरुषस्य पराक्रमम् । न चान्तरेण कर्माणि पौरुषेण फलोदयः॥५-७६-३॥
“You also hold that human valor, by itself, does not yield results; and that without concrete deeds, no fruition arises merely from personal effort.”
english translation
तदिदं भाषितं वाक्यं तथा च न तथैव च । न चैतदेवं द्रष्टव्यमसाध्यमिति किंचन॥५-७६-४॥
“Thus, this statement is true in one sense, and in another sense not wholly so. One should not regard anything here as ‘impossible to accomplish.’”
english translation
किं चैतन्मन्यसे कृच्छ्रमस्माकं पापमादितः । कुर्वन्ति तेषां कर्माणि येषां नास्ति फलोदयः॥५-७६-५॥
“And why do you deem our hardship an original fault? People undertake actions whose expected results do not arise.”
english translation