05.076
अर्जुन उवाच॥
arjuna uvāca॥
[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
Arjuna said:
उक्तं युधिष्ठिरेणैव यावद्वाच्यं जनार्दन। तव वाक्यं तु मे श्रुत्वा प्रतिभाति परन्तप ॥५-७६-१॥
uktaṁ yudhiṣṭhirēṇaiva yāvadvācyaṁ janārdana। tava vākyaṁ tu mē śrutvā pratibhāti parantapa ॥5-76-1॥
[उक्तं (uktaṁ) - has been said; युधिष्ठिरेण (yudhiṣṭhirēṇa) - by Yudhishthira; एव (ēva) - indeed; यावत् (yāvat) - as much as; वाच्यं (vācyaṁ) - is to be said; जनार्दन (janārdana) - Janardana; तव (tava) - your; वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - words; तु (tu) - however; मे (mē) - to me; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears; परन्तप (parantapa) - O scorcher of foes;]
Yudhishthira has already said all that needs to be said, Janardana; but having heard your words, O scorcher of foes, they strike me differently. (5-76-1)
नैव प्रशममत्र त्वं मन्यसे सुकरं प्रभो। लोभाद्वा धृतराष्ट्रस्य दैन्याद्वा समुपस्थितात् ॥५-७६-२॥
naiva praśamamatra tvaṁ manyasē sukaraṁ prabhō। lōbhādvā dhr̥tarāṣṭrasya dainyādvā samupasthitāt ॥5-76-2॥
[नैव (naiva) - not at all; प्रशमम् (praśamam) - peace; अत्र (atra) - here; त्वं (tvaṁ) - you; मन्यसे (manyasē) - think; सुकरं (sukaraṁ) - easy; प्रभो (prabhō) - O lord; लोभात् (lōbhāt) - from greed; वा (vā) - or; धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhr̥tarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhritarashtra; दैन्यात् (dainyāt) - from misery; वा (vā) - or; समुपस्थितात् (samupasthitāt) - which has come upon him;]
O lord, you do not consider peace here to be easy—whether because of Dhritarashtra's greed or from the misery that has come upon him. (5-76-2)
अफलं मन्यसे चापि पुरुषस्य पराक्रमम्। न चान्तरेण कर्माणि पौरुषेण फलोदयः ॥५-७६-३॥
aphalaṁ manyasē cāpi puruṣasya parākramam। na cāntarēṇa karmāṇi pauruṣēṇa phalōdayaḥ ॥5-76-3॥
[अफलं (aphalaṁ) - fruitless; मन्यसे (manyasē) - you consider; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a man; पराक्रमम् (parākramam) - effort; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अन्तरेण (antarēṇa) - without; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions; पौरुषेण (pauruṣēṇa) - by valor; फलोदयः (phalōdayaḥ) - the arising of results;]
You also consider a man's effort to be fruitless, but without actions and valor, results never arise. (5-76-3)
तदिदं भाषितं वाक्यं तथा च न तथैव च। न चैतदेवं द्रष्टव्यमसाध्यमिति किञ्चन ॥५-७६-४॥
tadidaṁ bhāṣitaṁ vākyaṁ tathā ca na tathaiva ca। na caitadēvaṁ draṣṭavyamasādhyamiti kiñcana ॥5-76-4॥
[तत् (tat) - so; इदं (idaṁ) - this; भाषितं (bhāṣitaṁ) - statement; वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - utterance; तथा च (tathā ca) - is so; न तथैव (na tathaiva) - and not entirely so; च (ca) - and; न च (na ca) - and not; एतत् एवम् (ētat ēvam) - this as such; द्रष्टव्यम् (draṣṭavyam) - should be regarded; असाध्यम् (asādhyam) - impossible; इति (iti) - thus; किञ्चन (kiñcana) - at all;]
So, this statement is both true and not entirely so; and it should not be seen in any way as something impossible. (5-76-4)
किं चैतन्मन्यसे कृच्छ्रमस्माकं पापमादितः। कुर्वन्ति तेषां कर्माणि येषां नास्ति फलोदयः ॥५-७६-५॥
kiṁ caitanmanyasē kr̥cchramasmākaṁ pāpamāditaḥ। kurvanti tēṣāṁ karmāṇi yēṣāṁ nāsti phalōdayaḥ ॥5-76-5॥
[किं (kiṁ) - why; च (ca) - and; एतत् (ētat) - this; मन्यसे (manyasē) - do you consider; कृच्छ्रम् (kr̥cchram) - difficult; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - for us; पापम् (pāpam) - wrong; आदितः (āditaḥ) - at the outset; कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - perform; तेषाम् (tēṣām) - for those; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions; येषाम् (yēṣām) - whose; नास्ति (nāsti) - there is not; फल-उदयः (phala-udayaḥ) - fruitful result;]
And why do you consider this, at the outset, a wrong or difficult thing for us—that those whose actions bring no result perform them? (5-76-5)
सम्पाद्यमानं सम्यक्च स्यात्कर्म सफलं प्रभो। स तथा कृष्ण वर्तस्व यथा शर्म भवेत्परैः ॥५-७६-६॥
sampādyamānaṁ samyakca syātkarma saphalaṁ prabhō। sa tathā kr̥ṣṇa vartasva yathā śarma bhavētparaiḥ ॥5-76-6॥
[सम्पाद्यमानं (sampādyamānaṁ) - being accomplished; सम्यक् (samyak) - properly; च (ca) - and; स्यात् (syāt) - should be; कर्म (karma) - action; सफलं (saphalaṁ) - fruitful; प्रभो (prabhō) - O lord; स (sa) - you; तथा (tathā) - in that way; कृष्ण (kr̥ṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa; वर्तस्व (vartasva) - conduct yourself; यथा (yathā) - so that; शर्म (śarma) - welfare; भवेत् (bhavēt) - may be; परैः (paraiḥ) - for others;]
O lord, when an action is properly accomplished, it should be fruitful. Therefore, O Krishna, conduct yourself in such a way that it brings welfare to others. (5-76-6)
पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च भवान्परमकः सुहृत्। सुराणामसुराणां च यथा वीर प्रजापतिः ॥५-७६-७॥
pāṇḍavānāṁ kurūṇāṁ ca bhavānparamakaḥ suhr̥t। surāṇāmasurāṇāṁ ca yathā vīra prajāpatiḥ ॥5-76-7॥
[पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kauravas; च (ca) - and; भवान् (bhavān) - you; परमकः (paramakaḥ) - the highest; सुहृत् (suhr̥t) - well-wisher; सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the gods; असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of the asuras; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - just as; वीर (vīra) - hero; प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati;]
You are the supreme friend of both the Pāṇḍavas and the Kauravas, just as Prajāpati, O hero, is for gods and asuras alike. (5-76-7)
कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च प्रतिपत्स्व निरामयम्। अस्मद्धितमनुष्ठातुं न मन्ये तव दुष्करम् ॥५-७६-८॥
kurūṇāṁ pāṇḍavānāṁ ca pratipatsva nirāmayam। asmaddhitamanuṣṭhātuṁ na manyē tava duṣkaram ॥5-76-8॥
[कुरूणां (kurūṇāṁ) - of the Kurus; पाण्डवानां (pāṇḍavānāṁ) - of the Pāṇḍavas; च (ca) - and; प्रतिपत्स्व (pratipatsva) - ensure; निरामयम् (nirāmayam) - well-being; अस्मद्धितम् (asmaddhitam) - our welfare; अनुष्ठातुम् (anuṣṭhātum) - to accomplish; न (na) - not; मnye (manye) - I think; तव (tava) - for you; दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult;]
Ensure the well-being of both the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas; I do not think it is difficult for you to accomplish what is for our welfare. (5-76-8)
एवं चेत्कार्यतामेति कार्यं तव जनार्दन। गमनादेवमेव त्वं करिष्यसि न संशयः ॥५-७६-९॥
ēvaṁ cētkāryatāmēti kāryaṁ tava janārdana। gamanādēvamēva tvaṁ kariṣyasi na saṁśayaḥ ॥5-76-9॥
[एवं चेत् (ēvaṁ cēt) - if so; कार्यताम् (kāryatām) - let it be done; एति (ēti) - it reaches; कार्यं (kāryaṁ) - the task; तव (tava) - your; जनार्दन (janārdana) - Janardana; गमनात् एवम् एव (gamanāt ēvam ēva) - by departing in just this way; त्वं (tvaṁ) - you; करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - will accomplish; न संशयः (na saṁśayaḥ) - without a doubt;]
If this is so, let your task proceed, Janardana. By departing in this way, you will surely accomplish it—there is no doubt. (5-76-9)
चिकीर्षितमथान्यत्ते तस्मिन्वीर दुरात्मनि। भविष्यति तथा सर्वं यथा तव चिकीर्षितम् ॥५-७६-१०॥
cikīrṣitamathānyattē tasminvīra durātmani। bhaviṣyati tathā sarvaṁ yathā tava cikīrṣitam ॥5-76-10॥
[चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - what you wish to do; अथ (atha) - now; अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else; ते (tē) - by you; तस्मिन (tasmina) - toward him; वीर (vīra) - hero; दुरात्मनि (durātmani) - that wicked man; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will happen; तथा (tathā) - in that way; सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - everything; यथा (yathā) - just as; त्व (tva) - by you; चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - is intended;]
And whatever else you wish to do to that wicked man, hero, everything will happen just as you intend. (5-76-10)
शर्म तैः सह वा नोऽस्तु तव वा यच्चिकीर्षितम्। विचार्यमाणो यः कामस्तव कृष्ण स नो गुरुः ॥५-७६-११॥
śarma taiḥ saha vā nō’stu tava vā yaccikīrṣitam। vicāryamāṇō yaḥ kāmastava kr̥ṣṇa sa nō guruḥ ॥5-76-11॥
[शर्म (śarma) - peace; तैः (taiḥ) - with them; सह (saha) - together; वा (vā) - or; नः (naḥ) - for us; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; तव (tava) - for you; वा (vā) - or; यत् (yat) - what; चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - is intended; विचार्यमाणः (vicāryamāṇaḥ) - being considered; यः (yaḥ) - which; कामः (kāmaḥ) - wish; तव (tava) - your; कृष्ण (kr̥ṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; सः (saḥ) - that; नः (naḥ) - for us; गुरुः (guruḥ) - is the authority;]
Let there be peace with them for us, or for you, or whatever you intend. The wish you consider, Kṛṣṇa—that is authoritative for us. (5-76-11)
न स नार्हति दुष्टात्मा वधं ससुतबान्धवः। येन धर्मसुते दृष्ट्वा न सा श्रीरुपमर्षिता ॥५-७६-१२॥
na sa nārhati duṣṭātmā vadhaṁ sasutabāndhavaḥ। yēna dharmasutē dr̥ṣṭvā na sā śrīrupamarṣitā ॥5-76-12॥
[न (na) - not; सः (saḥ) - he; नार्हति (nārhati) - deserves; दुष्टात्मा (duṣṭātmā) - wicked-souled; वधम् (vadham) - to be slain; स-सुत-बान्धवः (sa-suta-bāndhavaḥ) - along with his sons and kinsmen; येन (yēna) - by whom; धर्मसुते (dharmasutē) - the son of Dharma; दृष्ट्वा (dr̥ṣṭvā) - seeing; न सा श्रीः (na sā śrīḥ) - that prosperity did not; उपमर्षिता (upamarṣitā) - feel shame;]
That wicked-souled man, along with his sons and kinsmen, does not deserve death—he by whom, when he saw the son of Dharma, that prosperity did not feel shame. (5-76-12)
यच्चाप्यपश्यतोपायं धर्मिष्ठं मधुसूदन। उपायेन नृशंसेन हृता दुर्द्यूतदेविना ॥५-७६-१३॥
yaccāpyapaśyatōpāyaṁ dharmiṣṭhaṁ madhusūdana। upāyēna nr̥śaṁsēna hr̥tā durdyūtadēvinā ॥5-76-13॥
[यत् च अपि अपश्यतः उपायं (yat ca api apaśyataḥ upāyaṁ) - and even that (which happened) while he was unaware, by means of a device; धर्मिष्ठं मधुसूदन (dharmiṣṭhaṁ madhusūdana) - O slayer of Madhu, most righteous one; उपायेन नृशंसेन (upāyēna nr̥śaṁsēna) - by a cruel trick; हृता दुर्द्यूतदेविना (hr̥tā durdyūtadēvinā) - was taken away by the wicked gambler;]
And also that (Draupadi) was carried off by the wicked gambler, O Madhusudana, through a cruel device while the most righteous one was unaware. (5-76-13)
कथं हि पुरुषो जातः क्षत्रियेषु धनुर्धरः। समाहूतो निवर्तेत प्राणत्यागेऽप्युपस्थिते ॥५-७६-१४॥
kathaṁ hi puruṣō jātaḥ kṣatriyēṣu dhanurdharaḥ। samāhūtō nivartēta prāṇatyāgē’pyupasthitē ॥5-76-14॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; हि (hi) - indeed; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man; जातः (jātaḥ) - born; क्षत्रियेषु (kṣatriyēṣu) - among kshatriyas; धनुर्धरः (dhanurdharaḥ) - a bowman; समाहूतः (samāhūtaḥ) - when challenged; निवर्तेत (nivartēta) - could turn away; प्राण-त्यागे (prāṇa-tyāgē) - even at the risk of life; अपि (api) - even; उपस्थिते (upasthitē) - when it is at hand;]
How could a man born among kshatriyas, a wielder of the bow, turn away when challenged, even when death is at hand? (5-76-14)
अधर्मेण जितान्दृष्ट्वा वने प्रव्रजितांस्तथा। वध्यतां मम वार्ष्णेय निर्गतोऽसौ सुयोधनः ॥५-७६-१५॥
adharmēṇa jitāndr̥ṣṭvā vanē pravrajitāṁstathā। vadhyatāṁ mama vārṣṇēya nirgatō’sau suyōdhanaḥ ॥5-76-15॥
[अधर्मेण (adharmēṇa) - by unrighteousness; जितान् (jitān) - those who have been conquered; दृष्ट्वा (dr̥ṣṭvā) - having seen; वने (vanē) - in the forest; प्रव्रजितान् (pravrajitān) - banished; तथा (tathā) - in that way; वध्यतां (vadhyatāṁ) - to be slain; मम (mama) - my; वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇēya) - O Vārṣṇeya; निर्गतः (nirgataḥ) - has gone out; असौ (asau) - he; सुयोधनः (suyōdhanaḥ) - Suyodhana;]
O Vārṣṇeya, seeing those who were defeated unrighteously and banished to the forest in this way, my command is that Suyodhana is to be slain—he has gone out. (5-76-15)
न चैतदद्भुतं कृष्ण मित्रार्थे यच्चिकीर्षसि। क्रिया कथं नु मुख्या स्यान्मृदुना वेतरेण वा ॥५-७६-१६॥
na caitadadbhutaṁ kr̥ṣṇa mitrārthē yaccikīrṣasi। kriyā kathaṁ nu mukhyā syānmr̥dunā vētarēṇa vā ॥5-76-16॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; एतत् (ētat) - this; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing; कृष्ण (kr̥ṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; मित्र-अर्थे (mitra-arthē) - for the sake of friends; यत् (yat) - that which; चिकीर्षसि (cikīrṣasi) - you intend to do; क्रिया (kriyā) - an action; कथम् (katham) - how; नु (nu) - indeed; मुख्या (mukhyā) - principal; स्यात् (syāt) - could be; मृदुना (mr̥dunā) - by gentle means; वा (vā) - or; एतरेण (ētarēṇa) - otherwise; वा (vā) - or;]
And Kṛṣṇa, it is not surprising that you intend to act for the sake of your friends. How could the principal action be accomplished by gentle means, or by some other way? (5-76-16)
अथ वा मन्यसे ज्यायान्वधस्तेषामनन्तरम्। तदेव क्रियतामाशु न विचार्यमतस्त्वया ॥५-७६-१७॥
atha vā manyasē jyāyānvadhastēṣāmanantaram। tadēva kriyatāmāśu na vicāryamatastvayā ॥5-76-17॥
[अथ वा (atha vā) - or else; मन्यसे (manyasē) - you think; ज्यायान् (jyāyān) - better; वधः (vadhaḥ) - killing; तेषाम् (tēṣām) - of them; अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately; तत् एव (tat ēva) - that itself; क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done; आशु (āśu) - at once; न विचार्यम् (na vicāryam) - do not deliberate; अतः (ataḥ) - about this; त्वया (tvayā) - by you;]
Or if you think their immediate destruction is better, then let that be done at once—do not deliberate about it. (5-76-17)
जानासि हि यथा तेन द्रौपदी पापबुद्धिना। परिक्लिष्टा सभामध्ये तच्च तस्यापि मर्षितम् ॥५-७६-१८॥
jānāsi hi yathā tēna draupadī pāpabuddhinā। parikliṣṭā sabhāmadhyē tacca tasyāpi marṣitam ॥5-76-18॥
[जानासि (jānāsi) - you know; हि (hi) - indeed; यथा (yathā) - how; तेन (tēna) - by him; द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; पापबुद्धिना (pāpabuddhinā) - with evil intent; परिक्लिष्टा (parikliṣṭā) - was harassed; सभामध्ये (sabhāmadhyē) - in the assembly; तत् (tat) - that; च (ca) - and; तस्यापि (tasyāpi) - even by him; मर्षितम् (marṣitam) - was tolerated;]
You know indeed how Draupadī, with evil intent, was harassed by him in the assembly, and that even this was tolerated by him. (5-76-18)
स नाम सम्यग्वर्तेत पाण्डवेष्विति माधव। न मे सञ्जायते बुद्धिर्बीजमुप्तमिवोषरे ॥५-७६-१९॥
sa nāma samyagvartēta pāṇḍavēṣviti mādhava। na mē sañjāyatē buddhirbījamuptamivōṣarē ॥5-76-19॥
[स (sa) - he; नाम (nāma) - indeed; सम्यक् (samyak) - properly; वर्तेत (vartēta) - would behave; पाण्डवेषु (pāṇḍavēṣu) - toward the Pāṇḍavas; इति (iti) - thus; माधव (mādhava) - Mādhava; न (na) - not; मे (mē) - to me; सञ्जायते (sañjāyatē) - arises; बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - the thought; बीजम् (bījam) - a seed; उप्तम् (uptam) - sown; इव (iva) - like; उषरे (uṣarē) - in barren ground;]
O Mādhava, the thought does not arise in me that he would now behave properly toward the Pāṇḍavas—like a seed sown in barren ground. (5-76-19)
तस्माद्यन्मन्यसे युक्तं पाण्डवानां च यद्धितम्। तदाशु कुरु वार्ष्णेय यन्नः कार्यमनन्तरम् ॥५-७६-२०॥
tasmādyanmanyasē yuktaṁ pāṇḍavānāṁ ca yaddhitam। tadāśu kuru vārṣṇēya yannaḥ kāryamanantaram ॥5-76-20॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; यत् (yat) - what; मन्यसे (manyasē) - you think; युक्तम् (yuktam) - is proper; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - for the Pāṇḍavas; च (ca) - and; यत् (yat) - what; हितम् (hitam) - is beneficial; तत् (tat) - that; आशु (āśu) - quickly; कुरु (kuru) - do; वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇēya) - Vārṣṇeya; यत् (yat) - what; नः (naḥ) - for us; कार्यं (kāryaṁ) - should be done; अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately;]
Therefore, Vārṣṇeya, whatever you think is proper and beneficial for the Pāṇḍavas, whatever should immediately be done for us—do that quickly. (5-76-20)