pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: वासुदेववचः श्रुत्वा गान्धारी वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि केशव।
English: Hearing these words of Vasudeva, Gandhari said-'O Keshava, what you say is truel
Sanskrit: आधिभिर्दह्यमानाया मति: संचलिता मम॥ सा मे व्यवस्थिता श्रुत्वा तव वाक्यं जनार्दन।
English: My heart, burning in grief, had been unfixed. After hearing what you said, however, that heart, O Janarddana, has been settled.
Sanskrit: राज्ञस्त्वन्धस्य वृद्धस्य हतपुत्रस्य केशव॥ त्वं गतिः सहितैर्वीरैः पाण्डवैर्द्विपदां वर।
English: Regarding the blind old king, who had now become childless, O foremost of men, you and the sons of Pandu, are his refuge.'
Sanskrit: एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं मुखं प्रच्छाद्य वाससा॥ पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गान्धारी प्ररुरोद ह।
English: having said so Gandhari, burning in grief for the death of her sons, covered her face with her cloth and began to weep aloud.
Sanskrit: तत एनां महाबाहुः केशवः शोककर्शिताम्॥ हेतुकारणसंयुक्तैर्वाक्यैराश्वासयत् प्रभुः।
English: The mighty-armed lord Keshava then solaced the grief-stricken princess with reasonable words and examples.
Sanskrit: समाश्वास्य च गान्धारी धृतराष्ट्रं च माधवः॥ द्रौणिसंकल्पितं भावमवबुद्ध्यत् केशवः।
English: Having comforted Gandhari and Dhritarashtra, Keshava of Madhu's race, came to know the evil that was thought of by Drona's son.
Sanskrit: ततस्त्वरित उत्थाय पादौ मूर्धा प्रणम्य च॥ द्वैपायनस्य राजेन्द्र ततः कौरवमब्रवीत्। आपृच्छे त्वां कुरुश्रेष्ठ मा च शोके मनः कृथाः॥ द्रौणेः पापोऽस्त्यभिप्रायस्तेनास्मि सहसोत्थितः
English: Rising up quickly after worshipping the feet of Vyasa with his head, Keshava, O king, addressed Dhritarashtra, saying, 'I take your leave. O foremost of Kuru's race! Do not grieve. The son of Drona has an evil desire. It is for this that I rise so suddenly.
Sanskrit: पाण्डवानां वधे रात्रौ बुद्धिस्तेन प्रदर्शिता॥ एतच्छुत्वा तु वचनं गान्धार्या सहितोऽब्रवीत्। धृतराष्ट्रो महाबाहुः केशवं केशिसूदनम्॥ शीघ्रं गच्छ महाबाहो पाण्डवान् परिपालय।
English: It seems that he had formed a plan for destroying the Pandavas during the night.'.-Hearing these words, both Gandhari and Dhritarashtra said Keshava, the destroyer of Keshin, these words— 'Go quickly, O mighty-armed one, and protect the Pandavas.
Sanskrit: भूयस्त्वया समेष्यामि क्षिप्रमेव जनार्दन॥ प्रायात् ततस्तु त्वरितो दारुकेण सहाच्युतः।
English: See us again soon, O Janarddana!-Then Keshava of unfading glory proceeded with Daruka.
Sanskrit: वासुदेवे गते राजन् धृतराष्ट्र जनेश्वरम्॥ आश्वासयदमेयात्मा व्यासो लोकनमस्कृतः।
English: After Vasudeva had gone, O king, Vyasa, worshipped of the whole world, began to comfort king Dhritarashtra.
Sanskrit: वासुदेवोऽपि धर्मात्मा कृतकृत्यो जगाम ह॥ शिबिर हास्तिनपुराद् दिदृक्षुः पाण्डवान् नृप।
English: The righteous Vasudeva departed, having gained his object successfully, from Hastinapura, for seeing the camp and the Pandavas.
Sanskrit: आगम्य शिबिरं सोऽभ्यगच्छत पाण्डवान्। तच तेभ्यः समाख्याय सहितस्तैः समाहितः॥
English: Arrived at the camp, he went to the Pandavas, Informing them of everything he took his seat with them."
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच वार्तिकाणां सकाशात् तु श्रुत्वा दुर्योधनं हतम्। हतशिष्टास्ततो राजन् कौरवाणां महारथाः॥ विनिर्भिन्नाः शितैर्बाणैर्गदातोमरशक्तिभिः। अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः॥ त्वरिता जवनैरश्वैरायोधनमुपागमन्। तत्रापश्यन् महात्मानं धार्तराष्ट्र निपातितम्॥ प्रभग्नं वायुवेगेन महाशालं यथा वने। भूमौ विचेष्टमानं तं रुधिरेण समुक्षितम्॥ महागजमिवारण्ये व्याधेन विनिपातितम्। विवर्तमानं वहुशो रुधिरौधपरिप्लुतम्॥
English: Sanjaya said “Having heard of Duryodhana's fall from the messengers, those powerful car-warriors, the remnant of the Kaurava arıny greatly wounded with keen arrows and maces and lances and darts-those three, viz.. Ashvathaman and Kripa and Kritavarman of the Satwata race, riding at breakneck pace on their swift chargers came to the field of battle. They saw there the high-souled son of Dhritarashtra lying low on the ground, like a gigantic Shala tree laid low in the forest by a storm. They saw him suffering on the mother Earth and covered with blood like a powerful elephant in the forest laid low by a hunter. They saw him suffering and bleeding profusely.
Sanskrit: यदृच्छया निपतितं चक्रमादित्यगोचरम्। महावातसमुत्थेन संशुष्कमिव सागरम्॥ पूर्णचन्द्रमिव व्योम्नि तुषारावृतमण्डलम्। रेणु ध्वस्तं दीर्घभुजं मातङ्गमिव विक्रमे॥
English: Indeed, they saw him lying on the ground like the Sun dropped on the Earth or like the Occan dried by a mighty wind, or like the Full Moon in the sky with his disc covered with fog. Like an elephant in prowess and possessing long arms, the king lay on the Earth, covered with dust.
Sanskrit: वृतं भूतगणैोरैः क्रव्यादैश्च समन्ततः। यथा धनं लिप्समानैर्भूत्यैर्नृपतिसत्तमम्॥
English: Around hiin were many terrible creatures and carnivorous animals, like satellites sceking wealth around a king in state.
Sanskrit: भृकुटीकृतवक्त्रान्तं क्रोधादुवृत्तचक्षुषम्। सामर्षं तं नरव्याघ्रं व्याघ्रं निपतितं यथा।॥
English: His forehead was contracted into furrows of rage and his eyes were rolling in anger. They saw the king, that foremost of men, full of rage, like a tiger struck down (by hunters).
Sanskrit: ते तं दृष्ट्वा महेष्वासं भूतले पतितं नृपम्। मोहमभ्यागमन् सर्वे कृपप्रभृतयो रथाः।। १० ।
English: Seeing the king laid low on the Earth, those great bow-inen, viz., Kripa and others became stupefied.
Sanskrit: अवतीर्य रथेभ्यश्च प्राद्रवन् राजसंनिधौ। दुर्योधनं च सम्प्रेक्ष्य सर्वे भीमावुपाविशन्॥
English: Getting down from their cars, they ran towards the king. Seeing Duryodhana, all of them sat on the Earth around him.
Sanskrit: ततो द्रौणिर्महाराज बाष्पपूर्णेक्षणः श्वसन्। उवाच भरतश्रेष्ठं सर्वलोकेश्वरेश्वरम्॥
English: Then Drona's son, O king, with eyes full of tears and sighting like a snake, said these words to that chief of Bharata's race, that foremost of all the kings on Earth.
Sanskrit: न नूनं विद्यते सत्यं मानुषे किंचिदेव हि। यत्र त्वं पुरुषव्याघ्र शेषे पांसुषु रूषितः॥
English: Forsooth, there is nothing permanent in the world of men, since you, O foremost of men, lic on the mother Earth covered with dust.
Sanskrit: भूत्वा हि नृपतिः पूर्वं समाज्ञाप्य च मेदिनीम्। कथमेकोऽद्य राजेन्द्र तिष्ठसे निर्जने वने।॥
English: You were a king who had issued your commands to all the world! Why then, O foremost of kings, do you lie alone on the bare ground?
Sanskrit: दुःशासनं न पश्यामि नापि कर्णं महारथम्। नापि तान् सुहृदः सर्वान् किमिदं भरतर्षभ॥
English: I do not see Dussasana by you, nor the great car-warrior Karna, nor those hundreds of your friends. What is this, O foremost of men?
Sanskrit: दुःखं नूनं कृतान्तस्य गतिं ज्ञातुं कथंचन। लोकानां च भवान् यत्र शेषे पांसुषु रूषितः॥
English: Forsooth, it is difficult to learn the ways of Yama, since you, O lord of all the world, thus lie on the bare ground covered with dust.
Sanskrit: एष मूर्धाभिषिक्तानामग्रे गत्वा परंतपः। सतृणं ग्रसते पांसुं पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम्॥
English: Alas, this destroyer of foes used to trample at the head of all Kshatriyas that had their locks sprinkled with holy water at the time of coronation. Alas, he now eats the dust. Witness the reverses of fortune that time brings.
Sanskrit: क्व ते तदमलं छत्रं व्यजनं क्व च पार्थिव। सा च ते महतीं सेनां क्व गता पार्थिवोत्तमा॥
English: Where is that pure white umbrella of yours? Where is that fanning yak-tail also, O king? Where is that vast army of yours now gone, O best of kings?
Sanskrit: दुर्विज्ञेया गतिर्नूनं कार्याणां कारणान्तरे। यद् वै लोकगुरुर्भूत्वा भवानेतां दशां गतः॥
English: The course of events is, forsooth, a mystery, since you, who were the master of the world, have been reduced to this state.
Sanskrit: अध्रुवा सर्वमत्र्येषु श्रीरूपालक्ष्यते भृशम्। भवतो व्यसनं दृष्ट्वा शक्रविस्पर्धिनो भृशम्॥
English: Forsooth, the prosperity of all mortals is very unstable, since you, who were equal unto Shakra himself, have now been reduced to such a miserable condition.'
Sanskrit: तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा दुःखितस्य विशेषतः। उवाच राजन् पुत्रस्ते प्राप्तकालमिदं वचः॥
English: Hearing these words of Ashvatthaman your son answered himn in words that were suited to the occasion.
Sanskrit: विमृज्य नेत्रे पाणिभ्यां शोकजं वाष्पमुत्सृजन्। कृपादीन् स तदा वीरान् सर्वानेव नराधिपः॥ ईदृशो लोकधर्मोऽयं धात्रा निर्दिष्ट उच्यते। विनाशः सर्वभूतानां कालपर्यायमागतः॥
English: He wiped his eyes with his hands and shed tears of grief again. The king then addressed all those heroes headed by Kripa and said *Subjection to death has been ordained by the Creator himself. Death comes to all in course of Time.
Sanskrit: सोऽयं मां समनुप्राप्तः प्रत्यक्षं भवतां हि यः। पृथिवीं पालयित्वाऽहमेतां निष्ठामुपागतः॥
English: That death has now come to me, before you all. I, who governed the whole Earth, I have now been reduced to this miserable state.
Sanskrit: दिष्ट्या नाहं परावृत्तो युद्धे कस्यांचिदापदि। दिष्ट्याहं निहतः पापैश्छलनैव विशेषतः॥
English: By good luck, I never turned back from battle, whatever misfortunes over-took me. By good luck, I have been killed by those sinful men, by the help of deceptive means.
Sanskrit: उत्साहश्च कृतो नित्यं मया दिष्ट्या युयुत्सता। दिष्ट्या चास्मिन् हतो युद्धे निहतज्ञातिबान्धवः॥
English: By good luck, while engaged in hostilities, I always showed courage and perseverance. By good luck, I am killed in battle, along with all my relatives and friends.
Sanskrit: दिष्ट्या च वोऽहं पश्यामि मुक्तानस्माजनक्षयात्। स्वस्तियुक्तांश्च कल्यांश्च तन्मे प्रियमनुत्तमम्॥
English: By good luck, I see you escaped alive from this great destruction, and are safe and sound! This is highly pleasing to me!
Sanskrit: मा भवन्तो तप्यन्तां सौहृदानिधनेन मे। यदि वेदाः प्रमाणं वो जिता लोका मयाक्षयाः॥
English: Do not, from love grieve for me death! If the Vedas are in any way authoritative, I have certainly acquired many eternal regions!
Sanskrit: मन्यमानः प्रभावं च कृष्णस्यामिततेजसः। तेन न च्यावितश्चाहं क्षत्रधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात्॥
English: I am not ignorant of the glory of Krishna. He had not made me disregard the Kshatriya duties!
Sanskrit: स मया समनुप्राप्तो नास्मि शोच्यः कथंचन। कृतं भवद्भिः सदृशमनुरूपमिवात्मनः॥ यतितं विजये नित्यं दैवं तु दुरतिक्रमम्। एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं वाष्पव्याकुललोचनः॥
English: I have obtained him! No one should grieve for me. You have done what persons like you should do. You have always tried for my success. Destiny, however, is incapable of being defeated.'-Having said all this the king, with eyes bathed in tears, became silent, O king, agitated as he was with pain.
Sanskrit: तूष्णीं बभूव राजेन्द्र रुजासौ विह्वलो भृशम्। तथा दृष्ट्वा तु राजानं बाष्पशोकसमन्वितम्॥ द्रौणिः क्रोधेन जज्वाल यथा वह्निर्जगत्क्षये।
English: Seeing the king in tear and grief, Drona's son burned in anger like the fire at the universal dissolution.
Sanskrit: सच क्रोधसमाविष्टः पाणौ पाणिं निपीड्य च॥ बाष्पविह्वलया वाचा राजानमिदमब्रवीत्। पिता मे निहतः क्षुद्रैः सुनृशंसेन कर्मणा॥ न तथा तेन तप्यामि यथा राजंस्त्वयाऽद्य वै। शृणु चेदं वचो मह्यं सत्येन वदतः प्रभो॥ इष्टापूर्तेन दानेन धर्मेण सुकृतेन च।
English: Beside himself with anger he squeezed his hands, and addressing the king in a voice choked with tears, he said-'My father was killed by those wretches with a cruel contrivance. That act, however, do not pain me so keenly as this condition to which you have been reduced, O king, Listen to these words of mine which I swear by truth itself, O lord, and by all my acts of piety all my gifts, my religion and the religious merits I have won.
Sanskrit: अद्याहं सर्वपञ्चालान् वासुदेवस्य. पश्यतः॥ सर्वोपायैर्हि नेष्यामि प्रेतराजनिवेशनम्। अनुज्ञां तु महाराज भवान् मे दातुमर्हति॥ इति श्रुत्वा तु वचनं द्रोणपुत्रस्य कौरवः। मनसः प्रीतिजननं कृपं वचनमब्रवीत्॥ आचार्य शीघ्रं कलशं जलपूर्ण समानय। स तद् वचनमाज्ञाय राज्ञो ब्राह्मणसत्तमः॥ कलशं पूर्णमादाय राज्ञोऽन्तिकमुपागमत्।
English: I shall to-day, in the very presence of Vasudeva, dispatch all the Panchalas, by all means in my power, to the abode of Yama. You should O king, grant me permission.'-Hearing these words of Drona's son, that were highly pleasant, the Kuru king addressed Kripa, saying-'O preceptor, bring me soon a pot full of water.' — At these words of the king, that foremost of Brahmanas, soon brought a vessel full of water.
Sanskrit: तमब्रवीन्महाराज पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते॥ ममाज्ञया द्विजश्रेष्ठ द्रोणपुत्रोऽभिषिच्यताम्। सैनापत्येन भद्रं ते मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम्॥
English: Your son then, O king, said to Kripa-'Let the son of Drona, O foremost of Brahmanas, blessed by you, if you wish to do me good, be, at my command, appointed as generalissimo.
Sanskrit: राज्ञो नियोगाद् योद्धव्यं ब्राह्मणेन विशेषतः। वर्तता क्षत्रधर्मेण ह्येवं धर्मविदो विदुः॥
English: At the command of the king, even the Brahmana may fight, especially one who leads the life of Kshatriya. Those learned in the scriptures say this.'
Sanskrit: राज्ञस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा। द्रौणि राज्ञो नियोगेन सैनापत्येऽभ्यषेचयत्॥
English: Hearing these words of the king Kripa, the son of Sharadvat, installed Drona's son as generalissimo, at the mandate of the king.
Sanskrit: सोऽभिषिक्तो महाराज परिष्वज्य नृपोत्तमम्। प्रययौ सिंहनादेन दिशः सर्वा विनादयन्॥
English: After the ceremony, O King, Ashvathaman embraced that best of kings and left the place, having resounded the ten cardinal points with his war-cry.
Sanskrit: दुर्योधनोऽपि राजेन्द्र शोणितेन परिप्लुतः। तां निशां प्रतिपेदेऽथ सर्वभूतभयावहाम्॥
English: That best of kings, viz., Duryodhana, bathed in blood, began to pass there that night so dreadful to all creatures.
Sanskrit: अपक्रम्य तु ते तूर्णं तस्मादायोधनानृप। शोकसंविग्नमनसश्चिन्ताध्यानपराऽभवन्॥
English: Leaving quickly the field of battle, O king, those horses, with hearts shaken by grief, began to think anxiously and earnestly.
Sanskrit: कृप उवाच श्रुतं ते वचनं सर्वं यद् यदुक्तं त्वया विभो। ममापि तु वचः किंचिच्छृणुष्वाद्य महाभुजा. १॥
English: Kripa Said “We have heard all that you have said, O powerful one! Listen, now, to a few words of mine, O mighty-armed one!
Sanskrit: आबद्धा मानुषाः सर्वे निबद्धाः कर्मणोर्द्वयोः। दैवे पुरुषकारे च परं ताभ्यां न विद्यते॥
English: All men are subjected to, and governed by, these two forces, viz., Destiny and Manliness. There is nothing superior to these two.
Sanskrit: न हि दैवेन सिध्यन्ति कार्याण्येकेन सत्तम। न चापि कर्मणैकेन द्वाभ्यां सिद्धस्तु योगतः॥
English: Success is not the out come of destiny alone nor of manliness alone, O best of men! Success results from the union of the two.
Sanskrit: ताभ्यामुभाभ्यां सर्वार्था निबद्धा अधमोत्तमाः। प्रवृत्ताश्चैव दृश्यन्ते निवृत्ताश्चैव सर्वशः॥
English: All objects great and low, result from a union of those two. In the whole world, it is through these two that men either actor abstain.
Sanskrit: पर्जन्यः पर्वते वर्षन् किन्नु साधयते फलम्। कृष्ट क्षेत्रे तथा वर्षन् किन्न साधयते फलम्॥
English: No result is produced by the clouds pouring upon a mountain. But mighty results are produced by their pouring upon a cultivated field.
Sanskrit: उत्थानं चाप्यदैवस्य ह्यनुत्थानं च दैवतम्। ब्र्यं भवति सर्वत्र पूर्वस्तत्र विनिश्चयः॥
English: Manliness, where destiny is not auspicious, and want of manliness, where destiny is auspicious, both these are fruitless. What I have said before (about the union of the two) is all true.
Sanskrit: सुवृष्टे च यथा देवे सम्यक् क्षेत्रे च कर्षिते। बीजं महागुणं भूयात् तथा सिद्धिर्हि मानुषी॥
English: If the rains properly moisten a wellcultivated field the seed produces great results. Such is hymen success.
Sanskrit: तयोर्दैवं विनिश्चित्य स्वयं चैव प्रवर्तते। प्राज्ञाः पुरुषकारेषु वर्तन्ते दाक्ष्यमाश्रिताः॥
English: Sometimes, having settled a course of events, destiny acts of itself. For all that, the wise, always take recourse to manliness.
Sanskrit: ताभ्यां सर्वे हि कार्यार्था मनुष्याणां नरर्षभ। विचेष्टन्तः स्म दृश्यन्ते निवृत्तास्तु तथैव च।॥
English: All human acts, O foremost of men, are accomplished by the aid of these two together. Influenced by these two, men either actor abstain.
Sanskrit: कृतः पुरुषकारश्च सोऽपि दैवेन सिध्यति। तथास्य कर्मणः कर्तुरभिनिवर्तते फलम्॥
English: Recourse may be had to manliness. But manliness succeeds through destiny. By the influence of destiny one who sets himself to work, attain to success.
Sanskrit: उत्थानं च मनुष्याणां दक्षाणां दैववर्जितम्। अफलं दृश्यते लोके सम्यगप्युपपादितम्॥
English: The exertion, however, of even a capable man, even when well-directed, is, without the help of destiny, seen to be fruitless in the world.
Sanskrit: तत्रालसा मनुष्याणां ये भवन्त्यमनस्विनः। उत्थानं ते विगर्हन्ति प्राज्ञानां तन्न रोचते॥
English: Idle and dull men in this world disapprove of manliness. This, however, is not the view of the wise.
Sanskrit: प्रायशो हि कृतं कर्म नाफलं दृश्यते भुवि। अकृत्वा च पुनर्दुःखं कर्म पश्येन्महाफलम्॥
English: Generally no act ever becomes fruitless in the world. The want manliness again produces grave misery.
Sanskrit: चेष्टामकुर्वल्लभते यदि किंचिद् यदृच्छया। यो वा न लभते कृत्वा दुर्दर्शी तावुभावपि॥
English: There is hardly seen a person who obtains something of itself without haying made any exertion, as also one who does not obtain anything even after exertion.
Sanskrit: शक्नोति जीवितुं दक्षो नालसः सुखमेधते। दृश्यन्ते जीवलोकेऽस्मिन् दक्षाः प्रायो हितैषिणः॥ १५
English: One who is active is capable of supporting life. He, who is idle, is always unhappy. It is generally seen in this world that active men are always inspired by the desire of earning good.
Sanskrit: यदि दक्षः समारम्भात् कर्मणो नाश्नुते फलम्। नास्य वाच्यं भवेत् किंचिल्लब्धव्यं वाधिगच्छति॥
English: If an active man succeeds in gaining his object or fails to obtain the fruit of his acts, he does not become the but of censure in any way. one
Sanskrit: अकृत्वा कर्म यो लोके फलं विन्दति धिष्ठितः। स तु वक्तव्यतां याति द्वेष्यो भवति भूयशः॥
English: If, however, any in the world luxuriously enjoys the fruits of action without exerting for the same, he generally incurs ridicule and becomes an object of hatred.
Sanskrit: एवमेतदनादृत्य वर्तते यस्त्वतोऽन्यथा। स करोत्यात्मनोऽनर्थानेष बुद्धिमतां नयः॥
English: He, who, neglecting this rule about action, liveth otherwise, is said to injure himself. This is the opinion held by the intelligent.
Sanskrit: हीनं पुरुषकारेण यदि दैवेन वा पुनः। कारणाभ्यामथैताभ्यामुत्थानमफलं भवेत्॥
English: Exertion generally becomes fruitless, because of these reasons, viz., destiny without manliness, and manliness without destiny.
Sanskrit: हीनं पुरुषकारेण कर्म त्विह न सिद्ध्यति। दैवतेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य यस्त्वर्थान् सम्यगीहते॥ दक्षो दाक्षिण्यसम्पन्नो न स मोधैर्विहन्यते।
English: Without manliness, no act in this world becomes successful. An active and clever man however, who, having bowed down to the celestials, seeks to achieve his object, is never lost.
Sanskrit: सम्यगीहा पुनरियं यो वृद्धानुपसेवते॥ आपृच्छति च यच्छ्रेयः करोति च हितं वचः।
English: Similarly a person is crowned with success, who duly waits upon the aged, asks of them what is for his food, and obeys their good advice.
Sanskrit: उत्थायोत्थाय हि सदा प्रष्टव्या वृद्धसम्मताः॥ ते स्म योगे परं मूलं तन्मूला सिद्धिरुच्यते।
English: One engaged in a work should seek the advice of those approved by the aged. These men are the means, and success depends on means.
Sanskrit: वृद्धानां वचनं श्रुत्वा योऽभ्युत्थानं प्रयोजयेत्॥ उत्थानस्य फलं सम्यक् तदा स लभतेऽचिरात्।
English: He who exert after listening to the words of the old, soon reaps abundant fruits.
Sanskrit: रागात् क्रोधाद् भयाल्लोभाद् योऽर्थानीहति मानवः॥ अनीशचावमानी च स शीघ्रं भ्रश्यते श्रियः।
English: He, who, without reverence and respect for persons competent to give him good advice, seeks to accomplish his object under the influence of anger, fear, and avarice, soon loses his prosperity.
Sanskrit: सोऽयं दुर्योधनेनार्थो लुब्धेनादीर्घदर्शिना॥ असमर्थ्य समारब्धो मूढत्वादविचिन्ततः।
English: Moved his covetousness and deprived of foresight, this Duryodhana had, without taking advice, foolishly sought the accomplishment of an ill-formed object.
Sanskrit: हितबुद्धीननादृत्य सम्मन्त्रसाधुभिः सह॥ वार्यमाणोऽकरोद् वैरं पाण्डवैर्गुणवत्तरैः।
English: Disregarding all his well-wishers and under the advice of only the evil-minded, he had, though dissuaded, created enmities with the Pandavas, who are his superiors in all good qualities.
Sanskrit: पूर्वमप्यतिदुःशीलो न धैर्यं कर्तुमर्हति॥ तपत्यर्थे विपन्ने हि मित्राणां न कृतं वचः।
English: He had, from the very commencement been very wicked. He could not check himself. He did not satisfy the wishes of friends. For all that, he is now sunk in grief and calamity.
Sanskrit: अनुवर्तामहे यत्तु तं वयं पापपूरुषम्॥ अस्मानप्यनयस्तस्मात् प्राप्तोऽयं दारुणो महान्।
English: Regarding ourselves, since we have followed that sinful wretch, this great calamity has, therefore befallen us.
Sanskrit: अनेन तु ममाद्यापि व्यसनेनोपतापिता॥ बुद्धिश्चिन्तयते किंचित् स्वं श्रेयो नावबुद्ध्यते।
English: This great calamity has burnt my good sense. Plunged in thought I fail to see what is for our good.
Sanskrit: मुह्यता तु मनुष्येण प्रष्टव्याः सुहृदो जनाः॥ तत्रास्य बुद्धिर्विनयस्तत्र श्रेयश्च पश्यति।
English: A man that is beside himself should seek the advice of his friends. In friends consists his understanding, his humility and his prosperity.
Sanskrit: ततोऽस्य मूलं कार्याणां बुद्ध्या निश्चित्य वै बुधाः॥३१ तेऽत्र पृष्टा यथा ब्रूयुस्तत् कर्तव्यं तथा भवेत्।
English: His actions should be guided by them. He should do which his intelligent friends, having settled by their understanding, should advise.
Sanskrit: ते वयं धृतराष्ट्रं च गान्धारी च समेत्य ह॥ उपपृच्छामहे गत्वा विदुरं च महामतिम्।
English: Let us, therefore, repair to Dhritarashtra and gandhari and the great Vidura, and ask them as what we should do.
Sanskrit: ते पृष्टास्तु वदेयुर्यच्छ्रेयो नः समनन्तरम्॥ तदस्माभिः पुनः कार्यमिति मे नैष्ठिकी मतिः।
English: Asked by us, they will advice us regarding our good. We should do what they say, this is my resolution.
Sanskrit: अनारम्भात् तु कार्याणां नार्थः सम्पद्यते क्वचित्॥ कृते पुरुषकारे तु येषां कार्यं न सिद्ध्यति। दैवेनोपहतास्ते तु नात्र कार्या विचारणा॥
English: Those men whose acts do not succeed even after the exertion, should, forsooth, be regarded as afflicted by destiny."
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच कृपस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा धर्मार्थसहितं शुभम्। अश्वत्थामा महाराज दुःखशोकसमन्वितः॥
English: Sanjaya Said "Hearing these auspicious, moral and profitable words of Kripa, Ashvatthaman, O king, became beside himself with sorrow and grief.
Sanskrit: दह्यमानस्तु शोकेन प्रदीप्तेनाग्निना यथा। क्रूरं मनस्ततः कृत्वा तावुभौ प्रत्यभाषत॥ पुरुषे पुरुषे बुद्धिर्या या भवति शोभना। तुष्यन्ति च पृथक् सर्वे प्रज्ञया स्वया स्वया।॥
English: Burning with grief, as if with fire, he formed a wicked resolution and then addressed them both, saying, understanding is different in different men. Each man, however, is pleased with his own understanding,
Sanskrit: सर्वो हि मन्यते लोक आत्मानं बुद्धिमत्तरम्। सर्वस्यात्मा बहुमतः सर्वात्मानं प्रशंसति॥ ते
English: Every man considers himself more intelligent than others. Every one respects and praises his own understanding.
Sanskrit: सर्वस्य हि स्वका प्रज्ञा साधुवादे प्रतिष्ठिता। परबुद्धिं च निन्दन्ति स्वां प्रशंसन्ति चासकृत्॥
English: Every one praises his own wisdom. Every one speaks ill of the wisdom of others, and well of his own, in all cases.
Sanskrit: कारणान्तरयोगेन योगे येषां समागतिः। अन्योन्येन च तुष्यन्ति बहु मन्यन्ति चासकृत्॥
English: Men whose opinions agree with regard to any that is not achieved, become gratified with and praise one another.
Sanskrit: तस्यैव तु मनुष्यस्य सा सा बुद्धिस्तदा तदा। कालयोगे विपर्यासं प्राप्यान्योन्यं विपद्यते॥
English: Again the opinions of the same persons, overwhelmed with reverses bought on by the influence of time, become opposed to another.
Sanskrit: विचित्रत्वात् तु चित्तानां मनुष्याणां विशेषतः। चित्तवैक्लव्यमासाद्य सा सा बुद्धिः प्रजायते॥
English: On account of the diversity of human intellects, judgments necessarily differ.
Sanskrit: यथा हि वैद्यः कुशलो ज्ञात्वा व्याधि यथाविधि। भैषज्यं कुरुते योगात् प्रशमार्थमिति प्रभो॥ एवं कार्यस्य योगार्थं बुद्धिं कुर्वन्ति मानवाः। प्रज्ञया हि स्वया युक्तास्तां च निन्दन्ति मानवाः॥
English: As a skillful physician, having duly diagnosed a disease, prescribes a medicine by his intelligence for effecting a cure, so men, for the accomplishment of their works, use their intelligence, helped by their own wisdom. What they do is not approved by others.
Sanskrit: अन्यया यौवने मयों बुद्ध्या भवति मोहितः। मध्येऽन्यया जरायां तु सोऽन्यां रोचयते मतिम्॥
English: A man, in youth, had one kind of understanding. In middle age, he has not the same, and in the period of decay, a different kind of understanding prevails in him.