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सपृष्टवन्तं शरीरं मां शववाहम इवाशुचिम कथं वा वयवहार्यं वै कुर्वीथास तवं बृहन्नडे ॥ ४-३८-११ ॥

'Why, O Vrihannala, would you make me impure—unclean—like a bearer of the dead, by forcing me into contact with it?' ॥ 4-38-11 ॥

english translation

[बृहन] वयवहार्यश च राजेन्द्र शुचिश चैव भविष्यसि धनूंष्य एतानि मां भैस तवं शरीरं नात्र विद्यते ॥ ४-३८-१२ ॥

'Vrihannala said: "O king of kings, you shall remain pure and untouched by defilement—have no fear. There are only bows hidden in this tree, not corpses."' ॥ 4-38-12 ॥

english translation

दायादं मत्स्यराजस्य कुले जातं मनस्विनम कथं तवा निन्दितं कर्म कारयेयं नृपात्मज ॥ ४-३८-१३ ॥

'You are the heir to the king of the Matsyas, born of a noble lineage—why, O prince, would I ever compel you to perform an act so base and reproachable?' ॥ 4-38-13 ॥

english translation

[वै] एवम उक्तः स पार्थेन रथात परस्कन्द्य कुण्डली आरुरॊह शमी वृक्षं वैराटिर अवशस तदा ॥ ४-३८-१४ ॥

'Vaiśampāyana said: “Thus addressed by Pārtha, the son of Virāṭa, adorned with earrings, descended from the chariot and, though reluctant, climbed the Śamī tree.”' ॥ 4-38-14 ॥

english translation

तम अन्वशासच छत्रुघ्नॊ रथे तिष्ठन धनंजयः परिवेष्टनम एतेषां कषिप्रं चैव वयपानुद ॥ ४-३८-१५ ॥

'O Arjuna (Dhananjaya), standing on the chariot, you and Shatrughna should quickly dispel/drive away the encirclement of these (enemies).' ॥ 4-38-15 ॥

english translation