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सात्यकिरुवाच॥
sātyakiruvāca॥
[सात्यकि (sātyaki) - Satyaki; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Satyaki said:)
Satyaki said:
यादृशः पुरुषस्यात्मा तादृशं सम्प्रभाषते। यथारूपोऽन्तरात्मा ते तथारूपं प्रभाषसे ॥५-३-१॥
yādṛśaḥ puruṣasyātmā tādṛśaṃ samprabhāṣate। yathārūpo'ntarātmā te tathārūpaṃ prabhāṣase ॥5-3-1॥
[यादृशः (yādṛśaḥ) - as is; पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a person; आत्मा (ātmā) - soul; तादृशं (tādṛśaṃ) - so is; सम्प्रभाषते (samprabhāṣate) - speaks; यथारूपः (yathārūpaḥ) - as is the form; अन्तरात्मा (antarātmā) - inner self; ते (te) - your; तथारूपं (tathārūpaṃ) - so is the form; प्रभाषसे (prabhāṣase) - you speak;]
(As is the soul of a person, so he speaks. As is the form of your inner self, so is the form you speak.)
A person speaks according to the nature of their soul. Similarly, the way you express yourself reflects your inner self.
सन्ति वै पुरुषाः शूराः सन्ति कापुरुषास्तथा। उभावेतौ दृढौ पक्षौ दृश्येते पुरुषान्प्रति ॥५-३-२॥
santi vai puruṣāḥ śūrāḥ santi kāpuruṣās tathā। ubhāv etau dṛḍhau pakṣau dṛśyete puruṣān prati ॥5-3-2॥
[सन्ति (santi) - are; वै (vai) - indeed; पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; सन्ति (santi) - are; कापुरुषाः (kāpuruṣāḥ) - cowards; तथा (tathā) - also; उभावौ (ubhāvau) - both; एतौ (etau) - these; दृढौ (dṛḍhau) - strong; पक्षौ (pakṣau) - sides; दृश्येते (dṛśyete) - are seen; पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(There are indeed men who are heroes, and there are also cowards. Both these strong sides are seen towards men.)
There are indeed brave men and also cowards. Both these strong sides are evident among men.
एकस्मिन्नेव जायेते कुले क्लीबमहारथौ। फलाफलवती शाखे यथैकस्मिन्वनस्पतौ ॥५-३-३॥
ekasminneva jāyete kule klībamahārathau। phalāphalavatī śākhe yathaikasminvanaspatau ॥5-3-3॥
[एकस्मिन्नेव (ekasminneva) - in one indeed; जायेते (jāyete) - are born; कुले (kule) - in a family; क्लीबमहारथौ (klībamahārathau) - a eunuch and a great warrior; फलाफलवती (phalāphalavatī) - fruitful and fruitless; शाखे (śākhe) - branches; यथा (yathā) - as; एकस्मिन्वनस्पतौ (ekasminvanaspatau) - in one tree;]
(In one family indeed, a eunuch and a great warrior are born, just as in one tree, there are fruitful and fruitless branches.)
In a single family, both a eunuch and a great warrior can be born, just as a single tree can have both fruitful and fruitless branches.
नाभ्यसूयामि ते वाक्यं ब्रुवतो लाङ्गलध्वज। ये तु शृण्वन्ति ते वाक्यं तानसूयामि माधव ॥५-३-४॥
nābhyasūyāmi te vākyaṃ bruvato lāṅgaladhvaja। ye tu śṛṇvanti te vākyaṃ tānasūyāmi mādhava ॥5-3-4॥
[न (na) - not; अभ्यसूयामि (abhyasūyāmi) - I envy; ते (te) - your; वाक्यं (vākyaṃ) - words; ब्रुवतः (bruvataḥ) - speaking; लाङ्गलध्वज (lāṅgaladhvaja) - O wielder of the plough; ये (ye) - those who; तु (tu) - but; शृण्वन्ति (śṛṇvanti) - hear; ते (te) - your; वाक्यं (vākyaṃ) - words; तान् (tān) - them; असूयामि (asūyāmi) - I envy; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(I do not envy your words, O wielder of the plough, but those who hear your words, I envy them, O Mādhava.)
I do not envy your words, O wielder of the plough, but I envy those who listen to your words, O Mādhava.
कथं हि धर्मराजस्य दोषमल्पमपि ब्रुवन्। लभते परिषन्मध्ये व्याहर्तुमकुतोभयः ॥५-३-५॥
kathaṁ hi dharmarājasya doṣamalpamapi bruvan। labhate pariṣanmadhye vyāhartumakutobhayaḥ ॥5-3-5॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; हि (hi) - indeed; धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharmaraja; दोषम् (doṣam) - fault; अल्पम् (alpam) - small; अपि (api) - even; ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - speaking; लभते (labhate) - obtains; परिषत् (pariṣat) - assembly; मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst; व्याहर्तुम् (vyāhartum) - to speak; अकुतोभयः (akutobhayaḥ) - without fear;]
(How indeed, speaking even a small fault of Dharmaraja, does one obtain to speak without fear in the midst of the assembly?)
How can one speak even a small fault of Dharmaraja without fear in the midst of the assembly?
समाहूय महात्मानं जितवन्तोऽक्षकोविदाः। अनक्षज्ञं यथाश्रद्धं तेषु धर्मजयः कुतः ॥५-३-६॥
samāhūya mahātmānaṃ jitavanto'kṣakovidāḥ। anakṣajñaṃ yathāśraddhaṃ teṣu dharmajayaḥ kutaḥ ॥5-3-6॥
[समाहूय (samāhūya) - having summoned; महात्मानं (mahātmānaṃ) - great soul; जितवन्तः (jitavantaḥ) - having conquered; अक्षकोविदाः (akṣakovidāḥ) - experts in dice; अनक्षज्ञं (anakṣajñaṃ) - ignorant of dice; यथाश्रद्धं (yathāśraddhaṃ) - according to faith; तेषु (teṣu) - among them; धर्मजयः (dharmajayaḥ) - victory of righteousness; कुतः (kutaḥ) - where;]
(Having summoned the great soul, the experts in dice, having conquered, where is the victory of righteousness among them according to faith, for the ignorant of dice?)
Having summoned the great soul, the experts in dice, having conquered, how can there be a victory of righteousness among them according to faith, for the one ignorant of dice?
यदि कुन्तीसुतं गेहे क्रीडन्तं भ्रातृभिः सह। अभिगम्य जयेयुस्ते तत्तेषां धर्मतो भवेत् ॥५-३-७॥
yadi kuntīsutaṃ gehe krīḍantaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha। abhigamya jayeyuste tatteṣāṃ dharmato bhavet ॥5-3-7॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; कुन्तीसुतं (kuntīsutaṃ) - Kunti's son; गेहे (gehe) - in the house; क्रीडन्तं (krīḍantaṃ) - playing; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers; सह (saha) - together; अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - approaching; जयेयुः (jayeyuḥ) - they may conquer; ते (te) - they; तत्तेषां (tatteṣāṃ) - that of them; धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - rightfully; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be;]
(If Kunti's son, playing in the house with his brothers, is approached, they may conquer; that would be rightfully theirs.)
If Kunti's son is playing in the house with his brothers and they are approached, they may conquer, and that would be rightfully theirs.
समाहूय तु राजानं क्षत्रधर्मरतं सदा। निकृत्या जितवन्तस्ते किं नु तेषां परं शुभम् ॥५-३-८॥
samāhūya tu rājānaṃ kṣatradharmarataṃ sadā। nikṛtyā jitavantaste kiṃ nu teṣāṃ paraṃ śubham ॥5-3-8॥
[समाहूय (samāhūya) - having summoned; तु (tu) - but; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; क्षत्रधर्मरतम् (kṣatradharmaratam) - devoted to the duty of a warrior; सदा (sadā) - always; निकृत्या (nikṛtyā) - by deceit; जितवन्तः (jitavantaḥ) - conquered; ते (te) - they; किम् (kim) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; तेषाम् (teṣām) - their; परम् (param) - ultimate; शुभम् (śubham) - good;]
(Having summoned the king, who was always devoted to the duty of a warrior, they conquered him by deceit; what indeed is their ultimate good?)
Having deceitfully conquered the king, who was always devoted to his warrior duties, what ultimate good can they achieve?
कथं प्रणिपतेच्चायमिह कृत्वा पणं परम्। वनवासाद्विमुक्तस्तु प्राप्तः पैतामहं पदम् ॥५-३-९॥
kathaṁ praṇipateccāyam iha kṛtvā paṇaṁ param। vanavāsād vimuktas tu prāptaḥ paitāmahaṁ padam ॥5-3-9॥
[कथं (katham) - how; प्रणिपतेत् (praṇipatet) - should bow down; च (ca) - and; अयम् (ayam) - this; इह (iha) - here; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; पणम् (paṇam) - a promise; परम् (param) - supreme; वनवासात् (vanavāsāt) - from exile; विमुक्तः (vimuktaḥ) - freed; तु (tu) - but; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained; पैतामहम् (paitāmaham) - ancestral; पदम् (padam) - position;]
(How should this one bow down here, having made a supreme promise, freed from exile, but attained the ancestral position?)
How should he bow down here, having made a supreme promise, now freed from exile and having attained his ancestral position?
यद्ययं परवित्तानि कामयेत युधिष्ठिरः। एवमप्ययमत्यन्तं परान्नार्हति याचितुम् ॥५-३-१०॥
yadyayaṃ paravittāni kāmayeta yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। evamapyayamatyantaṃ parānnārhati yācitum ॥5-3-10॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; अयम् (ayam) - this; परवित्तानि (paravittāni) - others' wealth; कामयेत (kāmayeta) - desires; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; एवम् (evam) - thus; अपि (api) - also; अयम् (ayam) - this; अत्यन्तम् (atyantam) - absolutely; परान् (parān) - others; न (na) - not; अर्हति (arhati) - deserves; याचितुम् (yācitum) - to beg;]
(If this Yudhishthira desires others' wealth, thus also this absolutely does not deserve to beg from others.)
If Yudhishthira desires others' wealth, then he absolutely does not deserve to beg from others.
कथं च धर्मयुक्तास्ते न च राज्यं जिहीर्षवः। निवृत्तवासान्कौन्तेयान्य आहुर्विदिता इति ॥५-३-११॥
kathaṁ ca dharmayuktāste na ca rājyaṁ jihīrṣavaḥ। nivṛttavāsānkāunteyānya āhurviditā iti ॥5-3-11॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; च (ca) - and; धर्मयुक्ताः (dharmayuktāḥ) - righteous; ते (te) - they; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; जिहीर्षवः (jihīrṣavaḥ) - desiring to conquer; निवृत्तवासान् (nivṛttavāsān) - having renounced dwelling; कौन्तेयान् (kāunteyān) - the sons of Kunti; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; विदिताः (viditāḥ) - known; इति (iti) - thus;]
(How are they righteous and not desiring to conquer the kingdom? Having renounced dwelling, the sons of Kunti are known thus, they say.)
How are they righteous and not desiring to conquer the kingdom? It is said that the sons of Kunti, having renounced their dwelling, are known in this way.
अनुनीता हि भीष्मेण द्रोणेन च महात्मना। न व्यवस्यन्ति पाण्डूनां प्रदातुं पैतृकं वसु ॥५-३-१२॥
anunītā hi bhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca mahātmanā। na vyavasyanti pāṇḍūnāṃ pradātuṃ paitṛkaṃ vasu ॥5-3-12॥
[अनुनीता (anunītā) - persuaded; हि (hi) - indeed; भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhishma; द्रोणेन (droṇena) - by Drona; च (ca) - and; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - the great soul; न (na) - not; व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - decide; पाण्डूनाम् (pāṇḍūnām) - of the Pandavas; प्रदातुं (pradātuṃ) - to give; पैतृकम् (paitṛkam) - ancestral; वसु (vasu) - wealth;]
(Indeed, persuaded by Bhishma and Drona, the great soul, they do not decide to give the Pandavas their ancestral wealth.)
Persuaded by the noble Bhishma and Drona, they are unwilling to return the ancestral wealth to the Pandavas.
अहं तु ताञ्शितैर्बाणैरनुनीय रणे बलात्। पादयोः पातयिष्यामि कौन्तेयस्य महात्मनः ॥५-३-१३॥
ahaṁ tu tāñśitairbāṇairanunīya raṇe balāt। pādayoḥ pātayiṣyāmi kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ ॥5-3-13॥
[अहं (ahaṁ) - I; तु (tu) - but; तान् (tān) - them; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - sharp; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; अनुनीय (anunīya) - having subdued; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; बलात् (balāt) - by force; पादयोः (pādayoḥ) - at the feet; पातयिष्यामि (pātayiṣyāmi) - will cause to fall; कौन्तेयस्य (kaunteyasya) - of the son of Kunti; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - the great soul;]
(I, but having subdued them with sharp arrows in battle by force, will cause to fall at the feet of the great soul, the son of Kunti.)
I will subdue them with sharp arrows in battle and force them to fall at the feet of the noble son of Kunti.
अथ ते न व्यवस्यन्ति प्रणिपाताय धीमतः। गमिष्यन्ति सहामात्या यमस्य सदनं प्रति ॥५-३-१४॥
atha te na vyavasyanti praṇipātāya dhīmataḥ। gamiṣyanti sahāmātyā yamasya sadanaṃ prati ॥5-3-14॥
[अथ (atha) - then; ते (te) - they; न (na) - not; व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - decide; प्रणिपाताय (praṇipātāya) - to bow down; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise; गमिष्यन्ति (gamiṣyanti) - will go; सहामात्याः (sahāmātyāḥ) - with ministers; यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama; सदनं (sadanaṃ) - abode; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Then they do not decide to bow down to the wise; they will go with ministers towards the abode of Yama.)
Then they will not decide to bow down to the wise and will proceed with their ministers towards the abode of Yama.
न हि ते युयुधानस्य संरब्धस्य युयुत्सतः। वेगं समर्थाः संसोढुं वज्रस्येव महीधराः ॥५-३-१५॥
na hi te yuyudhānasya saṁrabdhasya yuyutsataḥ। vegaṁ samarthāḥ saṁsoḍhuṁ vajrasyeva mahīdharāḥ ॥5-3-15॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - your; युयुधानस्य (yuyudhānasya) - of Yuyudhana; संरब्धस्य (saṁrabdhasya) - of the enraged; युयुत्सतः (yuyutsataḥ) - desiring to fight; वегं (vegaṁ) - speed; समर्थाः (samarthāḥ) - capable; संसोढुम् (saṁsoḍhum) - to withstand; वज्रस्य (vajrasya) - of the thunderbolt; इव (iva) - like; महीधराः (mahīdharāḥ) - mountains;]
(Indeed, your Yuyudhana, being enraged and desiring to fight, is like the speed of the thunderbolt which the mountains are capable of withstanding.)
Indeed, your warrior Yuyudhana, in his fury and eagerness to fight, is as unstoppable as the speed of a thunderbolt, which even mountains can withstand.
को हि गाण्डीवधन्वानं कश्च चक्रायुधं युधि। मां चापि विषहेत्को नु कश्च भीमं दुरासदम् ॥५-३-१६॥
ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ kaśca cakrāyudhaṃ yudhi। māṃ cāpi viṣahetko nu kaśca bhīmaṃ durāsadam ॥5-3-16॥
[कः (kaḥ) - who; हि (hi) - indeed; गाण्डीवधन्वानम् (gāṇḍīvadhanvānam) - the wielder of the Gandiva bow; कश्च (kaśca) - and who; चक्रायुधम् (cakrāyudham) - the one with the discus weapon; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; माम् (mām) - me; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; विषहेत् (viṣahet) - can withstand; कः (kaḥ) - who; नु (nu) - indeed; कश्च (kaśca) - and who; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - unassailable;]
(Who indeed can withstand the wielder of the Gandiva bow, and who the one with the discus weapon in battle? Who indeed can withstand me, and who Bhima, the unassailable?)
Who indeed can withstand Arjuna, the wielder of the Gandiva bow, or Krishna, the one with the discus weapon, in battle? Who can withstand me, or Bhima, the unassailable?
यमौ च दृढधन्वानौ यमकल्पौ महाद्युती। को जिजीविषुरासीदेद्धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम् ॥५-३-१७॥
yamau ca dṛḍhadhanvānau yamakalpau mahādyutī। ko jijīviṣurāsīdeddhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam ॥5-3-17॥
[यमौ (yamau) - Yama-like; च (ca) - and; दृढधन्वानौ (dṛḍhadhanvānau) - strong-bowed; यमकल्पौ (yamakalpau) - like Yama; महाद्युती (mahādyutī) - greatly radiant; कः (kaḥ) - who; जिजीविषुः (jijīviṣuḥ) - desiring to live; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; एत् (et) - this; धृष्टद्युम्नं (dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ) - Dhrishtadyumna; च (ca) - and; पार्षतम् (pārṣatam) - the son of Prishata;]
(Yama-like and strong-bowed, like Yama, greatly radiant. Who was desiring to live, this Dhrishtadyumna and the son of Prishata.)
The two, like Yama and strong-bowed, greatly radiant, who would dare to face Dhrishtadyumna, the son of Prishata, in battle?
पञ्चेमान्पाण्डवेयांश्च द्रौपद्याः कीर्तिवर्धनान्। समप्रमाणान्पाण्डूनां समवीर्यान्मदोत्कटान् ॥५-३-१८॥
pañcemānpāṇḍaveyāṃśca draupadyāḥ kīrtivardhanān। samapramāṇānpāṇḍūnāṃ samavīryānmadotkaṭān ॥5-3-18॥
[पञ्च (pañca) - five; इमान् (imān) - these; पाण्डवेयान् (pāṇḍaveyān) - sons of Pandavas; च (ca) - and; द्रौपद्याः (draupadyāḥ) - of Draupadi; कीर्तिवर्धनान् (kīrtivardhanān) - fame-increasing; समप्रमाणान् (samapramāṇān) - equal in stature; पाण्डूनाम् (pāṇḍūnām) - of the Pandavas; समवीर्यान् (samavīryān) - equal in valor; मदोत्कटान् (madotkaṭān) - intoxicated with pride;]
(Five these sons of Pandavas and of Draupadi, fame-increasing, equal in stature of the Pandavas, equal in valor, intoxicated with pride.)
These five sons of the Pandavas and Draupadi, who increase fame, are equal in stature and valor to the Pandavas and are intoxicated with pride.
सौभद्रं च महेष्वासममरैरपि दुःसहम्। गदप्रद्युम्नसाम्बांश्च कालवज्रानलोपमान् ॥५-३-१९॥
saubhadraṁ ca maheṣvāsamamairapi duḥsaham। gadapratyumnasāmbāṁśca kālavajrānalopamān ॥5-3-19॥
[सौभद्रं (saubhadram) - Abhimanyu; च (ca) - and; महेष्वासम् (maheṣvāsam) - great archer; अमरैः (amaraiḥ) - by the gods; अपि (api) - even; दुःसहम् (duḥsaham) - difficult to withstand; गद (gada) - Gada; प्रद्युम्न (pradyumna) - Pradyumna; साम्बान् (sāmbān) - Samba; च (ca) - and; कालवज्र (kālavajra) - Kala, Vajra; अनल (anala) - Anala; उपमान् (upamān) - comparable;]
(Abhimanyu, the great archer, difficult to withstand even by the gods; Gada, Pradyumna, Samba, and Kala, Vajra, Anala, comparable.)
Abhimanyu, the great archer, who was difficult even for the gods to withstand; Gada, Pradyumna, Samba, and others like Kala, Vajra, and Anala, who were comparable in prowess.
ते वयं धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रं शकुनिना सह। कर्णेन च निहत्याजावभिषेक्ष्याम पाण्डवम् ॥५-३-२०॥
te vayaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putraṃ śakuninā saha। karṇena ca nihatya ajāv abhiṣekṣyāma pāṇḍavam ॥5-3-20॥
[ते (te) - they; वयम् (vayam) - we; धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhritarashtra; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; शकुनिना (śakuninā) - with Shakuni; सह (saha) - together; कर्णेन (karṇena) - with Karna; च (ca) - and; निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed; अजौ (ajau) - in battle; अभिषेक्ष्याम (abhiṣekṣyāma) - we shall crown; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pandava;]
(They, together with Shakuni and Karna, having killed the son of Dhritarashtra in battle, we shall crown the Pandava.)
We, along with Shakuni and Karna, will slay the son of Dhritarashtra in battle and then crown the Pandava.
नाधर्मो विद्यते कश्चिच्छत्रून्हत्वाततायिनः। अधर्म्यमयशस्यं च शात्रवाणां प्रयाचनम् ॥५-३-२१॥
nādharmo vidyate kaścicchatrūnhatvātatāyinaḥ। adharmyamayaśasyaṃ ca śātravāṇāṃ prayācanam ॥5-3-21॥
[न (na) - not; अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists; कश्चित् (kaścit) - any; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; ततायिनः (tatāyinaḥ) - aggressors; अधर्म्यम् (adharmyam) - unrighteous; अयशस्यं (ayaśasyam) - inglorious; च (ca) - and; शात्रवाणाम् (śātravāṇām) - of enemies; प्रयाचनम् (prayācanam) - begging;]
(There is no unrighteousness in killing aggressors who are enemies; begging from enemies is unrighteous and inglorious.)
There is no sin in killing aggressors who are enemies; however, it is both unrighteous and disgraceful to beg from one's enemies.
हृद्गतस्तस्य यः कामस्तं कुरुध्वमतन्द्रिताः। निसृष्टं धृतराष्ट्रेण राज्यं प्राप्नोतु पाण्डवः ॥५-३-२२॥
hṛdgatas tasya yaḥ kāmas taṃ kurudhvam atandritāḥ। nisṛṣṭaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājyaṃ prāpnotu pāṇḍavaḥ ॥5-3-22॥
[हृद्गतः (hṛdgataḥ) - in the heart; तस्य (tasya) - his; यः (yaḥ) - which; कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire; तम् (tam) - that; कुरुध्वम् (kurudhvam) - do; अतन्द्रिताः (atandritāḥ) - without delay; निसृष्टम् (nisṛṣṭam) - entrusted; धृतराष्ट्रेण (dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa) - by Dhritarashtra; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; प्राप्नोतु (prāpnotu) - may obtain; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Pandava;]
(Do that desire of his which is in the heart without delay. Let the Pandava obtain the kingdom entrusted by Dhritarashtra.)
Fulfill his heartfelt desire without delay. Let the Pandava receive the kingdom entrusted by Dhritarashtra.
अद्य पाण्डुसुतो राज्यं लभतां वा युधिष्ठिरः। निहता वा रणे सर्वे स्वप्स्यन्ति वसुधातले ॥५-३-२३॥
adya pāṇḍusuto rājyaṃ labhatāṃ vā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। nihatā vā raṇe sarve svapsyanti vasudhātale ॥5-3-23॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; पाण्डुसुतः (pāṇḍusutaḥ) - son of Pandu; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; लभताम् (labhatām) - may obtain; वा (vā) - or; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; वा (vā) - or; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; सर्वे (sarve) - all; स्वप्स्यन्ति (svapsyanti) - will sleep; वसुधातले (vasudhātale) - on the earth;]
(Today, the son of Pandu, Yudhishthira, may obtain the kingdom, or all will be slain in battle and will sleep on the earth.)
Today, Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu, may either obtain the kingdom or all will be slain in battle and rest on the earth.
