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न तु तस्मिन्प्रदेयं स्यात्तथा कार्यगतिः प्रभो । विग्रहः समुपारब्धो न हि शाम्यत्यविग्रहात्॥५-८६-६॥
Yet nothing should be granted to him; such, O lord, is the course of the affair. Once hostility has been set in motion, it does not subside without a corresponding counter-engagement.
english translation
वैशंपायन उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः । वैचित्रवीर्यं राजानमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥५-८६-७॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Having heard his words, Bhīṣma—the grandsire of the Kurus—addressed King Vaicitravīrya with the following statement.
english translation
सत्कृतोऽसत्कृतो वापि न क्रुध्येत जनार्दनः । नालमन्यमवज्ञातुमवज्ञातोऽपि केशवः॥५-८६-८॥
Whether honoured or dishonoured, Janārdana does not become angry; and Keśava, even when slighted, is not one to treat others with contempt.
english translation
यत्तु कार्यं महाबाहो मनसा कार्यतां गतम् । सर्वोपायैर्न तच्छक्यं केनचित्कर्तुमन्यथा॥५-८६-९॥
But whatever course of action, O mighty-armed one, has become firmly resolved in the mind—by any means it cannot be made otherwise by anyone.
english translation
स यद्ब्रूयान्महाबाहुस्तत्कार्यमविशङ्कया । वासुदेवेन तीर्थेन क्षिप्रं संशाम्य पाण्डवैः॥५-८६-१०॥
Whatever that mighty-armed one (Vāsudeva) may say should be carried out without suspicion; by taking refuge in Vāsudeva as a guiding authority, quickly establish conciliation with the Pāṇḍavas.
english translation