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युधिष्ठिर उवाच राजन्किं करवामस्ते प्रशाध्यस्मांस्त्वमीश्वरः नित्यं हि स्थातुमिच्छामस्तव भारत शासने
AI Translation: Yudhisthira said: O king, what shall we do? You are our lord and ruler. We always wish to live under your rule, O descendant of the Bharata lineage.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच अजातशत्रो भद्रं ते अरिष्टं स्वस्ति गच्छत अनुज्ञाताः सहधनाः स्वराज्यमनुशासत
AI Translation: Dhritarashtra said: O Ajatashatru, may you be well. May you go in safety. Permitted by your brother, rule your own kingdom.
इदं त्वेवावबोद्धव्यं वृद्धस्य मम शासनम् धिया निगदितं कृत्स्नं पथ्यं निःश्रेयसं परम्
AI Translation: This alone should be understood, the instruction of this old man, which has been fully stated by the mind, which is beneficial, which is the highest good.
वेत्थ त्वं तात धर्माणां गतिं सूक्ष्मां युधिष्ठिर विनीतोऽसि महाप्राज्ञ वृद्धानां पर्युपासिता
AI Translation: O son, you know the subtle course of the duties, O Yudhiṣṭhira. You are well-trained, O highly wise one, you have attended upon the elders.
यतो बुद्धिस्ततः शान्तिः प्रशमं गच्छ भारत नादारौ क्रमते शस्त्रं दारौ शस्त्रं निपात्यते
AI Translation: From that comes peace, O descendant of Bharata. A weapon does not strike without a target; a weapon strikes when there is a target.
न वैराण्यभिजानन्ति गुणान्पश्यन्ति नागुणान् विरोधं नाधिगच्छन्ति ये त उत्तमपूरुषाः
AI Translation: Those who are the best of men do not recognize enemies, they see only good qualities, not bad qualities, and they do not experience conflict.
Supplementary Passages:
2.65.6 K4 Dn (!) read 9ab after 6 and B2 (which om. 6cd) reads it after 6ab (K4 Dn repeating it in its proper place). This 9ab is then followed by: *575 सन्तः परार्थं कुर्वाणा नावेक्षन्ते प्रतिक्रियाम्
संवादे परुषाण्याहुर्युधिष्ठिर नराधमाः प्रत्याहुर्मध्यमास्त्वेतानुक्ताः परुषमुत्तरम्
M. N. Dutt: O Yudhisthira, only the worst of men use harsh words in quarrel. Men of indifferent character reply to such words when spoken by others. But superior men do not think of such words or recapitulate them.
नैवोक्ता नैव चानुक्ता अहिताः परुषा गिरः प्रतिजल्पन्ति वै धीराः सदा उत्तमपूरुषाः
AI Translation: Those who are not spoken to, and those who are not spoken to, harsh words, The wise, the best of men, always reply.
स्मरन्ति सुकृतान्येव न वैराणि कृतान्यपि सन्तः प्रतिविजानन्तो लब्ध्वा प्रत्ययमात्मनः
AI Translation: They remember only the good deeds done, not the evil deeds done. The good, knowing this, having obtained confidence in themselves,
Supplementary Passages:
2.65.9 After 9, K4 Dn (!) ins.: *576 असंभिन्नार्थमर्यादाः साधवः प्रियदर्शनाः
तथाचरितमार्येण त्वयास्मिन्सत्समागमे दुर्योधनस्य पारुष्यं तत्तात हृदि मा कृथाः
AI Translation: Thus, O noble one, you have acted in this good assembly. O father, do not keep in your heart the harshness of Duryodhana.
मातरं चैव गान्धारीं मां च त्वद्गुणकाङ्क्षिणम् उपस्थितं वृद्धमन्धं पितरं पश्य भारत
AI Translation: And Gandhāri, your mother, and me, who desire your good qualities, And see your father, who is old and blind, and has come to you.
प्रेक्षापूर्वं मया द्यूतमिदमासीदुपेक्षितम् मित्राणि द्रष्टुकामेन पुत्राणां च बलाबलम्
AI Translation: I had foreseen this game of dice, but I neglected it because I wanted to see my friends and to know the strength and weakness of my sons.
अशोच्याः कुरवो राजन्येषां त्वमनुशासिता मन्त्री च विदुरो धीमान्सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः
AI Translation: O king, the Kurus are not to be grieved over, for you are their instructor. And the wise Vidura, the minister, is skilled in all the scriptures.
त्वयि धर्मोऽर्जुने वीर्यं भीमसेने पराक्रमः श्रद्धा च गुरुशुश्रूषा यमयोः पुरुषाग्र्ययोः
AI Translation: In you is righteousness, in Arjuna is heroism, in Bhimasena is valor, and in the two best of men, Yama and Yama, is faith and service to the elders.
अजातशत्रो भद्रं ते खाण्डवप्रस्थमाविश भ्रातृभिस्तेऽस्तु सौभ्रात्रं धर्मे ते धीयतां मनः
M. N. Dutt: And in those foremost of men, the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva), are pure reverence and service to superiors. O Ajatasatru, be blessed. Return to Khandavaprastha. Let there be brotherly love between you and your cousins. Let your mind be always fixed in virtue.
वैशंपायन उवाच इत्युक्तो भरतश्रेष्ठो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः कृत्वार्यसमयं सर्वं प्रतस्थे भ्रातृभिः सह
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said Having been thus addressed, and performing all the ceremonies of politeness, the best of the Bharata race, Dharmaraja Yudhisthira, started with his brothers.
ते रथान्मेघसंकाशानास्थाय सह कृष्णया प्रययुर्हृष्टमनस इन्द्रप्रस्थं पुरोत्तमम्
M. N. Dutt: Accompanied with Krishna, and ascending their cars of colour of clouds, (Draupadi), they started for that best of cities, Indraprastha.