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जीवनाशं प्रनष्टानां श्राद्धं कुर्वन्ति मानवाः । अर्थतस्ते मम मृतास्तेषां चाहं जनार्दन॥५-८८-७१॥
For those who are lost and presumed dead, people perform the śrāddha rites. In truth, to me they are as though dead—and I, O Janārdana, am as though dead to them.
english translation
ब्रूया माधव राजानं धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम् । भूयांस्ते हीयते धर्मो मा पुत्रक वृथा कृथाः॥५-८८-७२॥
O Mādhava, tell King Yudhiṣṭhira, whose mind is set on dharma: ‘By excess your dharma is diminished; do not, my son, act in vain.’
english translation
पराश्रया वासुदेव या जीवामि धिगस्तु माम् । वृत्तेः कृपणलब्धाया अप्रतिष्ठैव ज्यायसी॥५-८८-७३॥
O Vāsudeva, shame upon me that I live dependent on others. A livelihood gained from the miserly is worse still—truly, it is a life without standing or honor.
english translation
अथो धनंजयं ब्रूया नित्योद्युक्तं वृकोदरम् । यदर्थं क्षत्रिया सूते तस्य कालोऽयमागतः॥५-८८-७४॥
And tell Dhanaṃjaya, and Vṛkodara who is ever prepared: the time has now come for that purpose for which kṣatriyas are brought forth.
english translation
अस्मिंश्चेदागते काले कालो वोऽतिक्रमिष्यति । लोकसंभाविताः सन्तः सुनृशंसं करिष्यथ॥५-८८-७५॥
If, when this time has arrived, you let the moment pass, then—though regarded as honorable by the world—you will come to act in a manner judged as harsh and blameworthy.
english translation