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वैशंपायन उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा घोरं कृष्णाभिसंहितम् । धृतराष्ट्रः सहामात्यो व्यथितो विमनाभवत्॥५-८६-१६॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Hearing that severe proposal directed against Kṛṣṇa, Dhṛtarāṣṭra—together with his ministers—became distressed and downcast.
english translation
ततो दुर्योधनमिदं धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीद्वचः । मैवं वोचः प्रजापाल नैष धर्मः सनातनः॥५-८६-१७॥
Then Dhṛtarāṣṭra addressed Duryodhana with these words: “O protector of the people, do not speak in this manner; this is not the eternal dharma.”
english translation
दूतश्च हि हृषीकेशः संबन्धी च प्रियश्च नः । अपापः कौरवेयेषु कथं बन्धनमर्हति॥५-८६-१८॥
“For Hṛṣīkeśa is indeed an envoy, and also our kinsman and dear to us. Being without offense toward the Kauravas, how could he deserve confinement?”
english translation
भीष्म उवाच । परीतो धृतराष्ट्रायं तव पुत्रः सुमन्दधीः । वृणोत्यनर्थं न त्वर्थं याच्यमानः सुहृद्गणैः॥५-८६-१९॥
Bhīṣma said: “O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, your son—of very poor judgment—chooses what is harmful rather than what is beneficial, even when urged by groups of well-wishers.”
english translation
इममुत्पथि वर्तन्तं पापं पापानुबन्धिनम् । वाक्यानि सुहृदां हित्वा त्वमप्यस्यानुवर्तसे॥५-८६-२०॥
“Abandoning the words of well-wishers, you too follow this man who proceeds on a deviant path—one whose conduct is ethically compromised and whose actions generate further harmful consequences.”
english translation