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यथा तवम अकरॊर दयूतम इन्द्रप्रस्थं यथाहरः यथानैषीः सभां कृष्णां तथा युध्यस्व पाण्डवम ।। ४-४५-२१ ।।

'Now employ the very tactics you used in the dice game—the same stratagems by which you conquered Indraprastha and dragged Krishna to the assembly!' ।। 4-45-21 ।।

english translation

yathA tavama akaròra dayUtama indraprasthaM yathAharaH yathAnaiSIH sabhAM kRSNAM tathA yudhyasva pANDavama || 4-45-21 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अयं ते मातुलः पराज्ञः कषत्रधर्मस्य कॊविदः दुर्द्यूत देवी गान्धारः शकुनिर युध्यताम इह ।। ४-४५-२२ ।।

'Let your cunning uncle, the deceitful gambler Sakuni, the prince of Gandhara and master of Kshatriya duties, take up the fight now!' ।। 4-45-22 ।।

english translation

ayaM te mAtulaH parAjJaH kaSatradharmasya kòvidaH durdyUta devI gAndhAraH zakunira yudhyatAma iha || 4-45-22 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नाक्षान कषिपति गाण्डीवं न कृतं दवापरं न च जवलतॊ निशितान बाणांस तीक्ष्णान कषिपति गाण्डिवम ।। ४-४५-२३ ।।

'The Gandiva bow, unlike the dice of the Krita or Dwapara ages, does not gamble—it unleashes blazing, sharp shafts by the thousands upon foes.' ।। 4-45-23 ।।

english translation

nAkSAna kaSipati gANDIvaM na kRtaM davAparaM na ca javalatò nizitAna bANAMsa tIkSNAna kaSipati gANDivama || 4-45-23 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

न हि गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्ता गार्ध्रपत्राः सुतेजनाः अन्तरेष्व अवतिष्ठन्ति गिरीणाम अपि दारणाः ।। ४-४५-२४ ।।

'Its fierce arrows, endowed with mighty energy and adorned with vulturine wings, can even pierce mountains.' ।। 4-45-24 ।।

english translation

na hi gANDIvanirmuktA gArdhrapatrAH sutejanAH antareSva avatiSThanti girINAma api dAraNAH || 4-45-24 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अन्तकः शमनॊ मृत्युस तथाग्निर वडवामुखः कुर्युर एते कव चिच छेषं न तु करुद्धॊ धनंजयः ।। ४-४५-२५ ।।

'Yama, the destroyer, Vayu, and the horse-faced Agni may leave some remnants behind, but the wrathful Dhananjaya leaves none.' ।। 4-45-25 ।।

english translation

antakaH zamanò mRtyusa tathAgnira vaDavAmukhaH kuryura ete kava cica cheSaM na tu karuddhò dhanaMjayaH || 4-45-25 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript