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नादैविकम इदं मन्ये यत्र पार्थॊ धनंजयः भीम धन्वा महाबाहुर आस्ते शान्त इवानलः ॥ ४-१९-१६ ॥
'That Dhananjaya, mighty-armed and terrible with the bow, should now live like a fire extinguished, convinces me that all this is the work of inexorable Destiny.' ॥ 4-19-16 ॥
english translation
अशक्या वेदितुं पार्थ पराणिनां वै गतिर नरैः विनिपातम इमं मन्ये युष्माकम अविचिन्तितम ॥ ४-१९-१७ ॥
'Destiny. Surely, O son of Pritha, the workings of fate in this world are beyond the grasp of mortal understanding.' ॥ 4-19-17 ॥
english translation
यस्या मम मुखप्रेक्षा यूयम इन्द्रसमाः सदा सा परेक्षे मुखम अन्यासाम अवराणां वरा सती ॥ ४-१९-१८ ॥
'I, therefore, deem this downfall of yours to be one that no foresight could have prevented. Alas! She who was served by you all—heroes equal to Indra—she, ever chaste and exalted, must now serve those far beneath her in rank.' ॥ 4-19-18 ॥
english translation
पश्य पाण्डव मे ऽवस्थां यथा नार्हामि वै तथा युष्मासु धरियमाणेषु पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम ॥ ४-१९-१९ ॥
'Look upon me, O Pandava, and behold my condition—one I do not deserve. Though you still live, see how Time has turned all order upside down.' ॥ 4-19-19 ॥
english translation
यस्याः सागरपर्यन्ता पृथिवी वशवर्तिनी आसीत साद्य सुदेष्णाया भीताहं वशवर्तिनी ॥ ४-१९-२० ॥
'She who once had the whole Earth, even unto the ocean’s edge, under her command—today lives in fear, under the authority of Sudeshna.' ॥ 4-19-20 ॥
english translation