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न चैतदद्भुतं कृष्ण मित्रार्थे यच्चिकीर्षसि । क्रिया कथं नु मुख्या स्यान्मृदुना वेतरेण वा॥५-७६-१६॥
And this is not surprising, O Kṛṣṇa, that you wish to act for the sake of your allies. But how could the appropriate course be determined—by gentleness, or by its alternative?
english translation
अथ वा मन्यसे ज्यायान्वधस्तेषामनन्तरम् । तदेव क्रियतामाशु न विचार्यमतस्त्वया॥५-७६-१७॥
Or if you judge that immediate capital action against them is the better course, then let that be carried out promptly; after this point, it need not be further debated by you.
english translation
जानासि हि यथा तेन द्रौपदी पापबुद्धिना । परिक्लिष्टा सभामध्ये तच्च तस्यापि मर्षितम्॥५-७६-१८॥
You know how Draupadī was subjected to severe distress in the assembly by that man of wrongful intent—and how that, too, was tolerated by him.
english translation
स नाम सम्यग्वर्तेत पाण्डवेष्विति माधव । न मे संजायते बुद्धिर्बीजमुप्तमिवोषरे॥५-७६-१९॥
O Mādhava, the thought that he would conduct himself properly toward the Pāṇḍavas does not arise in me—like seed sown upon barren ground.
english translation
तस्माद्यन्मन्यसे युक्तं पाण्डवानां च यद्धितम् । तदाशु कुरु वार्ष्णेय यन्नः कार्यमनन्तरम्॥५-७६-२०॥
Therefore, whatever you deem appropriate and beneficial for the Pāṇḍavas—do that promptly, O Vārṣṇeya; for that is our immediate task.
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