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॥ अर्जुन उवाच ॥ शृणु भिल्ल प्रवक्ष्यामि न सत्यं तव भाषणम् ॥ यथा जातिस्तथा त्वां च जानामि हि वनेचर ॥ २१ ॥
Arjuna said:— O hunter, listen. I shall explain. Your words are not true. O forest-wanderer, I know you. You are true to the caste in which you are born.
english translation
अहं राजा भवांश्चौरः कथं युद्धप्रयुक्तता ॥ युद्धं मे सबलैः कार्यं नाधमैर्हि कदाचन ॥ २२ ॥
I am a king. You are a thief. How can a war be pursued? I must fight with people equal in strength to me, never with base people.
english translation
तस्मात्ते च तथा स्वामी भविष्यति भवादृशः ॥ दातारश्च वयं प्रोक्ताश्चौरा यूयं वनेचराः ॥ २३ ॥
Your master will be only like you. We are the benevolent donors and you the forest-dwellers, thieves.
english translation
कथं याच्यो मया भिल्लराज एवं च साम्प्रतम् ॥ त्वमेव याचसे नैव बाणं मां किं वनेचरः ॥ २४ ॥
How can the king of foresters be requested by me now? O forest-wanderer, why don’t you beg the arrow of me?
english translation
ददामि ते तथा बाणान्सन्ति मे बहवो ध्रुवम् ॥ राजा च ग्रहणं चैव न दास्यति तथा भवेत् ॥ २५ ॥
I shall readily give you the arrows. Certainly I have many. If a king docs not give what is taken, your objection may come up.
english translation