Mahabharat

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अपेयात किल भाः सूर्याल लक्ष्मीश चन्द्रमसस तथा इति लॊके वयवसितॊ दृष्ट्वेमां भवतॊ वयथाम ।। ३-३४-७१ ।।

sanskrit

'O king, a Kshatriya cannot attain the blessed realms through asceticism alone, as he can through fair combat, whether victorious or not. Seeing your current distress, the world concludes that it is as if light might abandon the Sun to favor the Moon.' ।। 3-34-71 ।।

english translation

apeyAta kila bhAH sUryAla lakSmIza candramasasa tathA iti lòke vayavasitò dRSTvemAM bhavatò vayathAma || 3-34-71 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/34/71

अपेयात किल भाः सूर्याल लक्ष्मीश चन्द्रमसस तथा इति लॊके वयवसितॊ दृष्ट्वेमां भवतॊ वयथाम ।। ३-३४-७१ ।।

sanskrit

'O king, a Kshatriya cannot attain the blessed realms through asceticism alone, as he can through fair combat, whether victorious or not. Seeing your current distress, the world concludes that it is as if light might abandon the Sun to favor the Moon.' ।। 3-34-71 ।।

english translation

apeyAta kila bhAH sUryAla lakSmIza candramasasa tathA iti lòke vayavasitò dRSTvemAM bhavatò vayathAma || 3-34-71 ||

hk transliteration