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Library:Agaraparna advises Arjuna to take a Brahamna as priest.
अर्जुन उवाच॥
arjuna uvāca॥
[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Arjuna said;)
Arjuna said.
कारणं ब्रूहि गन्धर्व किं तद्येन स्म धर्षिताः। यान्तो ब्रह्मविदः सन्तः सर्वे रात्रावरिंदम ॥१-१५९-१॥
kāraṇaṃ brūhi gandharva kiṃ tadyena sma dharṣitāḥ। yānto brahmavidaḥ santaḥ sarve rātrāvariṃdama ॥1-159-1॥
[कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause; reason; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak; tell; गन्धर्व (gandharva) - O Gandharva; किम् (kim) - what; तत् (tat) - that; येन (yena) - by which; स्म (sma) - indeed; truly; धर्षिताः (dharṣitāḥ) - affronted; violated; यान्तः (yāntaḥ) - going; departing; ब्रह्मविदः (brahmavidaḥ) - knowers of Brahman; सन्तः (santaḥ) - good; virtuous; सर्वे (sarve) - all; रात्रा (rātrā) - night; वरिंदम (variṃdama) - O subduer of enemies;]
(O Gandharva, speak the cause, what is that by which indeed (they) were affronted? All the virtuous knowers of Brahman, O subduer of enemies, were departing at night.)
O Gandharva, tell me the reason—what is it by which they were truly affronted? All the virtuous Brahman-knowers, O subduer of enemies, were leaving at night.
गन्धर्व उवाच॥
gandharva uvāca॥
[गन्धर्व (gandharva) - celestial musician; spirit; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(gandharva said;)
The Gandharva said.
अनग्नयोऽनाहुतयो न च विप्रपुरस्कृताः। यूयं ततो धर्षिताः स्थ मया पाण्डवनन्दन ॥१-१५९-२॥
anagnayo'nāhutayo na ca viprapuraskṛtāḥ। yūyaṃ tato dharṣitāḥ stha mayā pāṇḍavanandana॥1-159-2॥
[अनग्नयः (anagnayaḥ) - without fire; अनाहुतयः (anāhutayaḥ) - without oblations; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; विप्रपुरस्कृताः (viprapuraskṛtāḥ) - led by Brāhmaṇas; यूयम् (yūyam) - you; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore; धर्षिताः (dharṣitāḥ) - overpowered; स्थ (stha) - are; मया (mayā) - by me; पाण्डवनन्दन (pāṇḍavanandana) - O delight of the Pāṇḍavas;]
(Without fire, without oblations, not led by Brāhmaṇas, you therefore are overpowered by me, O delight of the Pāṇḍavas.)
O joy of the Pāṇḍavas, since you were without fire, without oblations, and not led by Brāhmaṇas, therefore you were overpowered by me.
यक्षराक्षसगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगमानवाः। विस्तरं कुरुवंशस्य श्रीमतः कथयन्ति ते ॥१-१५९-३॥
yakṣa-rākṣasa-gandharvāḥ piśāca-uraga-mānavāḥ। vistaraṃ kuru-vaṃśasya śrīmataḥ kathayanti te ॥1-159-3॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; a class of nature-spirits; राक्षस (rākṣasa) - rākṣasa; a class of demons; गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - gandharvas; celestial musicians; पिशाच (piśāca) - piśāca; a class of flesh-eating spirits; उरग (uraga) - uraga; serpent beings; मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - mānavāḥ; humans; विस्तरं (vistaraṃ) - expansion; detailed account; कुरुवंशस्य (kuru-vaṃśasya) - of the Kuru lineage; श्रीमतः (śrīmataḥ) - prosperous; illustrious; कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - they narrate; ते (te) - they; those;]
(Yakṣas, rākṣasas, gandharvas, piśācas, uragas, and humans—they narrate the detailed account of the illustrious Kuru lineage.)
Yakṣas, rākṣasas, gandharvas, piśācas, uragas, and humans all narrate in detail the story of the illustrious Kuru dynasty.
नारदप्रभृतीनां च देवर्षीणां मया श्रुतम्। गुणान्कथयतां वीर पूर्वेषां तव धीमताम् ॥१-१५९-४॥
nārada-prabhṛtīnāṃ ca devarṣīṇāṃ mayā śrutam। guṇān kathayatāṃ vīra pūrveṣāṃ tava dhīmatām ॥1-159-4॥
[नारदप्रभृतीनां (nārada-prabhṛtīnāṃ) - of Narada and others; च (ca) - and; देवर्षीणां (devarṣīṇāṃ) - of the divine sages; मया (mayā) - by me; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - was heard; गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities; कथयतां (kathayatām) - of those who narrate; वीर (vīra) - O hero; पूर्वेषां (pūrveṣāṃ) - of the former ones; तव (tava) - your; धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - of the wise;]
(Of Narada and others and of the divine sages, by me was heard the qualities of those who narrate, O hero, of the former wise ones of yours.)
O hero, I have heard from Narada and other divine sages about the qualities of your wise predecessors.
स्वयं चापि मया दृष्टश्चरता सागराम्बराम्। इमां वसुमतीं कृत्स्नां प्रभावः स्वकुलस्य ते ॥१-१५९-५॥
svayaṃ cāpi mayā dṛṣṭaś caratā sāgarāmbarām। imāṃ vasumatīṃ kṛtsnāṃ prabhāvaḥ svakulasya te ॥1-159-5॥
[स्वयं (svayam) - oneself; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; मया (mayā) - by me; दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen; चरता (caratā) - while moving; सागराम्बराम् (sāgarāmbarām) - having ocean as garment; इमां (imām) - this; वसुमतीं (vasumatīm) - earth; कृत्स्नां (kṛtsnām) - entire; प्रभावः (prabhāvaḥ) - power; स्वकुलस्य (svakulasya) - of your own lineage; ते (te) - your;]
(Oneself and also by me, seen while moving, the earth having the ocean as garment, this entire earth, the power of your own lineage.)
I myself have also seen, while traveling, this entire earth, clothed by the ocean; this is the power of your own lineage.
वेदे धनुषि चाचार्यमभिजानामि तेऽर्जुन। विश्रुतं त्रिषु लोकेषु भारद्वाजं यशस्विनम् ॥१-१५९-६॥
vede dhanuṣi ca ācāryam abhijānāmi te'rjuna। viśrutaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bhāradvājaṃ yaśasvinam ॥1-159-6॥
[वेदे (vede) - in the Veda; धनुषि (dhanuṣi) - in the bow; च (ca) - and; आचार्यम् (ācāryam) - teacher; अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I recognize; ते (te) - your; अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; विश्रुतम् (viśrutam) - renowned; त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three; लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the worlds; भारद्वाजम् (bhāradvājam) - Bharadvāja; यशस्विनम् (yaśasvinam) - illustrious;]
(In the Veda, in the bow, and as a teacher, I recognize your Bharadvāja, O Arjuna, as renowned and illustrious in the three worlds.)
O Arjuna, I recognize your teacher Bharadvāja as renowned and illustrious in the three worlds, both in the Veda and in archery.
धर्मं वायुं च शक्रं च विजानाम्यश्विनौ तथा। पाण्डुं च कुरुशार्दूल षडेतान्कुलवर्धनान् ॥ पितृनेतानहं पार्थ देवमानुषसत्तमान् ॥१-१५९-७॥
dharmaṃ vāyuṃ ca śakraṃ ca vijānāmyaśvinau tathā। pāṇḍuṃ ca kuruśārdūla ṣaḍetānkulavardhanān॥ pitṛnetānahaṃ pārtha devamānuṣasattamān॥1-159-7॥
[धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - righteousness; वायुं (vāyuṃ) - Wind; च (ca) - and; शक्रं (śakraṃ) - Indra; च (ca) - and; विजानामि (vijānāmi) - I know; अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the Aśvins; तथा (tathā) - also; पाण्डुं (pāṇḍuṃ) - Pāṇḍu; च (ca) - and; कुरुशार्दूल (kuruśārdūla) - tiger among Kurus; षट् (ṣaṭ) - six; एतान् (etān) - these; कुलवर्धनान् (kulavardhanān) - those who increase the family; पितृनेतान् (pitṛnetān) - led by their fathers; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā; देवमानुषसत्तमान् (devamānuṣasattamān) - the best among gods and men;]
(Righteousness, Wind, and Indra, and I know also the Aśvins; Pāṇḍu and, O tiger among Kurus, these six increasers of the family, led by their fathers, O Pārtha, the best among gods and men.)
O Pārtha, I know Dharma, Vāyu, Indra, the Aśvins, and Pāṇḍu—these six increasers of the family, led by their fathers, O tiger among Kurus, the best among gods and men.
दिव्यात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वराः। भवन्तो भ्रातरः शूराः सर्वे सुचरितव्रताः ॥१-१५९-८॥
divyātmāno mahātmānaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varāḥ। bhavanto bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ sarve sucaritavratāḥ ॥1-159-8॥
[दिव्यात्मानः (divyātmānaḥ) - divine-souled; महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled; सर्वशस्त्रभृताम् (sarvaśastrabhṛtām) - of all weapon-bearers; वराः (varāḥ) - the best; भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you all; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सुचरितव्रताः (sucaritavratāḥ) - of good conduct and vows;]
(Divine-souled, great-souled, the best of all weapon-bearers, you all brothers, heroes, all of good conduct and vows.)
You are all divine and great-souled, the best among all weapon-bearers, heroic brothers, all steadfast in good conduct and vows.
उत्तमां तु मनोबुद्धिं भवतां भावितात्मनाम्। जानन्नपि च वः पार्थ कृतवानिह धर्षणाम् ॥१-१५९-९॥
uttamāṃ tu manobuddhiṃ bhavatāṃ bhāvitātmanām। jānannapi ca vaḥ pārtha kṛtavāniha dharṣaṇām ॥1-159-9॥
[उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - excellent; तु (tu) - but; मनोबुद्धिम् (manobuddhim) - mind and intellect; भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you (plural); भावितात्मनाम् (bhāvitātmanām) - of those whose souls are cultivated; जानन् (jānan) - knowing; अपि (api) - even; च (ca) - and; वः (vaḥ) - your; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pritha (Arjuna); कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - has done; इह (iha) - here; धर्षणाम् (dharṣaṇām) - insult; ॥१-१५९-९॥ (॥1-159-9॥) -;]
(But knowing the excellent mind and intellect of you, whose souls are cultivated, even so, O Partha, he has done insult here.)
But even knowing your excellent mind and intellect, O Partha, and that your souls are cultivated, he has still committed this insult here.
स्त्रीसकाशे च कौरव्य न पुमान्क्षन्तुमर्हति। धर्षणामात्मनः पश्यन्बाहुद्रविणमाश्रितः ॥१-१५९-१०॥
strīsakāśe ca kauravya na pumānkṣantumarhati। dharṣaṇāmātmanaḥ paśyanbāhudraviṇamāśritaḥ ॥1-159-10॥
[स्त्रीसकाशे (strīsakāśe) - in the presence of a woman; च (ca) - and; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; न (na) - not; पुमान् (pumān) - a man; क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive; अर्हति (arhati) - is fit; धर्षणाम् (dharṣaṇām) - insult; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself; पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing; बाहुद्रविणम् (bāhudraviṇam) - strength of arms; आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - depending upon;]
(In the presence of a woman, O Kauravya, a man is not fit to forgive an insult to himself, seeing (that he is) depending upon the strength of his arms.)
O Kauravya, in the presence of a woman, a man who relies on the strength of his arms should not tolerate an insult to himself.
नक्तं च बलमस्माकं भूय एवाभिवर्धते। यतस्ततो मां कौन्तेय सदारं मन्युराविशत् ॥१-१५९-११॥
naktaṃ ca balamasmākaṃ bhūya evābhivardhate। yatastato māṃ kaunteya sadāraṃ manyurāviśat ॥1-159-11॥
[नक्तम् (naktam) - at night; च (ca) - and; बलम् (balam) - strength; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more; एव (eva) - indeed; अभिवर्धते (abhivardhate) - increases; यतः (yataḥ) - because; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore; माम् (mām) - me; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; सदारम् (sadāram) - with wife; मन्युः (manyuḥ) - anger; आविशत् (āviśat) - enters;]
(At night and our strength indeed increases more; because therefore me, O son of Kunti, with wife, anger enters.)
At night, our strength increases even more; therefore, O son of Kunti, anger always enters me along with my wife.
सोऽहं त्वयेह विजितः सङ्ख्ये तापत्यवर्धन। येन तेनेह विधिना कीर्त्यमानं निबोध मे ॥१-१५९-१२॥
so'ham tvayeha vijitaḥ saṅkhye tāpatyavardhana. yena teneha vidhinā kīrtyamānaṃ nibodha me ॥1-159-12॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अहम् (aham) - I; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; इह (iha) - here; विजितः (vijitaḥ) - conquered; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; तापत्यवर्धन (tāpatyavardhana) - O increaser of the Tapati lineage; येन (yena) - by which; तेन (tena) - by that; इह (iha) - here; विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method; कीर्त्यमानम् (kīrtyamānam) - being praised; निबोध (nibodha) - understand; मे (me) - from me;]
(He, I, by you, here, conquered, in battle, O increaser of the Tapati lineage; by which, by that, here, by the method, being praised, understand, from me.)
O increaser of the Tapati lineage, here in battle I have been conquered by you. Understand from me by which method this is being praised here.
ब्रह्मचर्यं परो धर्मः स चापि नियतस्त्वयि। यस्मात्तस्मादहं पार्थ रणेऽस्मिन्विजितस्त्वया ॥१-१५९-१३॥
brahmacaryaṃ paro dharmaḥ sa cāpi niyatastvayi। yasmāttasmādahaṃ pārtha raṇe'sminvijitastvayā ॥1-159-13॥
[ब्रह्मचर्यं (brahmacaryam) - discipline of celibacy; परः (paraḥ) - supreme; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; सः (saḥ) - he; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; नियतः (niyataḥ) - restrained; त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; अहम् (aham) - I; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; विजितः (vijitaḥ) - conquered; त्वया (tvayā) - by you;]
(Discipline of celibacy is the supreme duty; he also is restrained in you. Because of that, therefore, I, O Pārtha, in this battle, am conquered by you.)
Brahmacarya is the highest duty, and you have perfectly observed it. Therefore, O Pārtha, in this battle, I have been conquered by you.
यस्तु स्यात्क्षत्रियः कश्चित्कामवृत्तः परन्तप। नक्तं च युधि युध्येत न स जीवेत्कथञ्चन ॥१-१५९-१४॥
yastu syāt kṣatriyaḥ kaścit kāmavṛttaḥ parantapa। naktaṃ ca yudhi yudhyeta na sa jīvet kathaṃcana॥1-159-14॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; तु (tu) - but; स्यात् (syāt) - might be; क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a kṣatriya; कश्चित् (kaścit) - any; कामवृत्तः (kāmavṛttaḥ) - acting according to desire; परन्तप (parantapa) - O scorcher of foes; नक्तम् (naktam) - at night; च (ca) - and; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; युध्येत (yudhyeta) - might fight; न (na) - not; सः (saḥ) - he; जीवेत् (jīvet) - might live; कथञ्चन (kathaṃcana) - in any way;]
(But who might be a kṣatriya, any acting according to desire, O scorcher of foes, and might fight at night in battle, he might not live in any way.)
But, O scorcher of foes, any kṣatriya who acts according to his desires and fights at night in battle will not survive in any way.
यस्तु स्यात्कामवृत्तोऽपि राजा तापत्य सङ्गरे। जयेन्नक्तञ्चरान्सर्वान्स पुरोहितधूर्गतः ॥१-१५९-१५॥
yastu syāt kāmavṛtto'pi rājā tāpatya saṅgare। jayen naktamcarān sarvān sa purohitadhūr gataḥ ॥1-159-15॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; तु (tu) - but; स्यात् (syāt) - may be; कामवृत्तः (kāmavṛttaḥ) - engaged in desires; अपि (api) - even; राजा (rājā) - king; तापत्य (tāpatya) - fighting; सङ्गरे (saṅgare) - in battle; जयेत् (jayet) - should conquer; नक्तञ्चरान् (naktamcarān) - night-roamers; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; सः (saḥ) - he; पुरोहितधूर्गतः (purohitadhūr gataḥ) - having taken the dust of the priest;]
(But who, even if engaged in desires, the king, fighting in battle, should conquer all night-roamers, he having taken the dust of the priest.)
But if a king, even though given to desires, fights in battle and conquers all the night-roamers, having received the blessings of the priest, he is victorious.
तस्मात्तापत्य यत्किञ्चिन्नृणां श्रेय इहेप्सितम्। तस्मिन्कर्मणि योक्तव्या दान्तात्मानः पुरोहिताः ॥१-१५९-१६॥
tasmāttāpatya yatkiñcin nṛṇāṃ śreya ihepsitam। tasmin karmaṇi yoktavyā dāntātmānaḥ purohitāḥ ॥1-159-16॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; तापत्य (tāpatya) - relating to offspring; यत् (yat) - whatever; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men; श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare; इह (iha) - here; इप्सितम् (ipsitam) - desired; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - action; योक्तव्याः (yoktavyāḥ) - should be engaged; दान्तात्मानः (dāntātmānaḥ) - self-controlled; पुरोहिताः (purohitāḥ) - priests;]
(Therefore, whatever relating to offspring, anything of men, welfare here desired, in that action, should be engaged self-controlled priests.)
Therefore, in whatever action relating to offspring that is desired here for the welfare of men, self-controlled priests should be engaged in that.
वेदे षडङ्गे निरताः शुचयः सत्यवादिनः। धर्मात्मानः कृतात्मानः स्युर्नृपाणां पुरोहिताः ॥१-१५९-१७॥
vede ṣaḍaṅge niratāḥ śucayaḥ satyavādinaḥ। dharmātmānaḥ kṛtātmānaḥ syurnṛpāṇāṃ purohitāḥ॥1-159-17॥
[वेदे (vede) - in the Veda; षडङ्गे (ṣaḍaṅge) - in the six limbs; निरताः (niratāḥ) - engaged; शुचयः (śucayaḥ) - pure; सत्यवादिनः (satyavādinaḥ) - truth-speaking; धर्मात्मानः (dharmātmānaḥ) - righteous-souled; कृतात्मानः (kṛtātmānaḥ) - self-controlled; स्युः (syuḥ) - should be; नृपाणाम् (nṛpāṇām) - of kings; पुरोहिताः (purohitāḥ) - priests;]
(In the Veda and its six limbs engaged, pure, truth-speaking, righteous-souled, self-controlled should be the priests of kings.)
The priests of kings should be engaged in the Veda and its six limbs, pure, speakers of truth, righteous in soul, and self-controlled.
जयश्च नियतो राज्ञः स्वर्गश्च स्यादनन्तरम्। यस्य स्याद्धर्मविद्वाग्मी पुरोधाः शीलवाञ्शुचिः ॥१-१५९-१८॥
jayaś ca niyato rājñaḥ svargaś ca syād anantaram। yasya syād dharmavid vāgmī purodhāḥ śīlavāñ śuciḥ ॥1-159-18॥
[जयः (jayaḥ) - victory; च (ca) - and; नियतः (niyataḥ) - disciplined; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; स्वर्गः (svargaḥ) - heaven; च (ca) - and; स्यात् (syāt) - may be; अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after; यस्य (yasya) - whose; स्यात् (syāt) - there is; धर्मविद् (dharmavid) - knower of dharma; वाग्मी (vāgmī) - eloquent; पुरोधाः (purodhāḥ) - priest; शीलवान् (śīlavān) - virtuous; शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure;]
(Victory and discipline of the king, and heaven may be immediately after; whose priest is a knower of dharma, eloquent, virtuous, and pure.)
Victory and heaven are assured for the king, and heaven follows immediately, whose priest is a knower of dharma, eloquent, virtuous, and pure.
लाभं लब्धुमलब्धं हि लब्धं च परिरक्षितुम्। पुरोहितं प्रकुर्वीत राजा गुणसमन्वितम् ॥१-१५९-१९॥
lābhaṃ labdhum alabdhaṃ hi labdhaṃ ca parirakṣitum. purohitaṃ prakurvīta rājā guṇasamanvitam ॥1-159-19॥
[लाभम् (lābham) - gain; लब्धुम् (labdhum) - to obtain; अलब्धम् (alabdam) - not obtained; हि (hi) - indeed; लब्धम् (labdham) - obtained; च (ca) - and; परिरक्षितुम् (parirakṣitum) - to protect; पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - priest; प्रकुर्वीत (prakurvīta) - should appoint; राजा (rājā) - king; गुणसमन्वितम् (guṇasamanvitam) - endowed with virtues;]
(Gain to obtain, not obtained indeed, obtained and to protect; priest should appoint king endowed with virtues.)
A king should appoint as priest a person endowed with virtues, in order to obtain gain not yet obtained, and to protect gain already obtained.
पुरोहितमते तिष्ठेद्य इच्छेत्पृथिवीं नृपः। प्राप्तुं मेरुवरोत्तंसां सर्वशः सागराम्बराम् ॥१-१५९-२०॥
purohitamate tiṣṭhed ya icchet pṛthivīṃ nṛpaḥ। prāptuṃ meruvarottaṃsāṃ sarvaśaḥ sāgarāmbarām ॥1-159-20॥
[पुरोहितमते (purohitamate) - in the opinion of the priest; तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - should abide; यः (yaḥ) - who; इच्छेत् (icchet) - desires; पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; प्राप्तुम् (prāptum) - to obtain; मेरुवर (meru-vara) - the best of Meru; उत्तंसाम् (uttaṃsām) - adorned with; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; सागराम्बराम् (sāgarāmbarām) - surrounded by oceans;]
(The king who desires to obtain the earth, entirely adorned with the best of Meru and surrounded by oceans, should abide by the opinion of the priest.)
A king wishing to gain the whole earth, adorned with the best of Meru and encircled by oceans, should always act according to the counsel of his priest.
न हि केवलशौर्येण तापत्याभिजनेन च। जयेदब्राह्मणः कश्चिद्भूमिं भूमिपतिः क्वचित् ॥१-१५९-२१॥
na hi kevalaśauryeṇa tāpatyābhijanena ca। jayedabrāhmaṇaḥ kaścidbhūmiṃ bhūmipatiḥ kvacit ॥1-159-21॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; केवलशौर्येण (kevalaśauryeṇa) - by mere valor; तापत्याभिजनेन (tāpatyābhijanena) - by descent from the Tapati lineage; च (ca) - and; जयेत् (jayet) - might conquer; अब्राह्मणः (abrāhmaṇaḥ) - a non-Brahmin; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; भूमिं (bhūmiṃ) - the earth; भूमिपतिः (bhūmipatiḥ) - a king; क्वचित् (kvacit) - at any time;]
(Not indeed by mere valor and by descent from the Tapati lineage might any non-Brahmin king conquer the earth at any time.)
A non-Brahmin king cannot conquer the earth at any time merely by valor or by descent from the Tapati lineage.
तस्मादेवं विजानीहि कुरूणां वंशवर्धन। ब्राह्मणप्रमुखं राज्यं शक्यं पालयितुं चिरम् ॥१-१५९-२२॥
tasmādevaṃ vijānīhi kurūṇāṃ vaṃśavardhana। brāhmaṇapramukhaṃ rājyaṃ śakyaṃ pālayituṃ ciram ॥1-159-22॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; वंशवर्धन (vaṃśavardhana) - O increaser of the lineage; ब्राह्मणप्रमुखम् (brāhmaṇapramukham) - headed by Brāhmaṇas; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible; पालयितुम् (pālayitum) - to be protected; चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time;]
(Therefore, thus know, O increaser of the Kurus' lineage, that a kingdom headed by Brāhmaṇas can be protected for a long time.)
Therefore, O increaser of the Kurus' lineage, understand that a kingdom led by Brāhmaṇas can indeed be sustained for a long time.
