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भगवानुवाच॥

The Blessed Lord said:

एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि पाण्डव। सर्वं त्विदं समायत्तं बीभत्सो कर्मणोर्द्वयोः ॥५-७७-१॥

It is just as you say, O mighty-armed Pāṇḍava; all this indeed depends on these two actions, O Bhīma. (5-77-1)

क्षेत्रं हि रसवच्छुद्धं कर्षकेणोपपादितम्। ऋते वर्षं न कौन्तेय जातु निर्वर्तयेत्फलम् ॥५-७७-२॥

O son of Kunti, even a fertile, well-cleared field prepared by the farmer will never yield a crop without rain. (5-77-2)

तत्र वै पौरुषं ब्रूयुरासेकं यत्नकारितम्। तत्र चापि ध्रुवं पश्येच्छोषणं दैवकारितम् ॥५-७७-३॥

There, they would attribute the act of watering to human effort, brought about by exertion; but there too one would certainly see drought as something caused by fate. (5-77-3)

तदिदं निश्चितं बुद्ध्या पूर्वैरपि महात्मभिः। दैवे च मानुषे चैव संयुक्तं लोककारणम् ॥५-७७-४॥

This has been determined by the wise of old through reasoning—that the cause of events in the world is a combination of fate and human effort. (5-77-4)

अहं हि तत्करिष्यामि परं पुरुषकारतः। दैवं तु न मया शक्यं कर्म कर्तुं कथञ्चन ॥५-७७-५॥

Indeed, I will do that to the best of my own ability, but I cannot in any way perform the actions that belong to fate. (5-77-5)

स हि धर्मं च सत्यं च त्यक्त्वा चरति दुर्मतिः। न हि सन्तप्यते तेन तथारूपेण कर्मणा ॥५-७७-६॥

For, having abandoned righteousness and truth, that wicked-minded man acts, and he is not troubled at all by such actions. (5-77-6)

तां चापि बुद्धिं पापिष्ठां वर्धयन्त्यस्य मन्त्रिणः। शकुनिः सूतपुत्रश्च भ्राता दुःशासनस्तथा ॥५-७७-७॥

And his advisors, Śakuni, the son of the charioteer, his brother Duḥśāsana as well, all encourage that most wicked understanding of his. (5-77-7)

स हि त्यागेन राज्यस्य न शमं समुपेष्यति। अन्तरेण वधात्पार्थ सानुबन्धः सुयोधनः ॥५-७७-८॥

For he indeed, O Pārtha, will not find peace by relinquishing the kingdom; Suyodhana, along with his supporters, must be destroyed. (5-77-8)

न चापि प्रणिपातेन त्यक्तुमिच्छति धर्मराट्। याच्यमानस्तु राज्यं स न प्रदास्यति दुर्मतिः ॥५-७७-९॥

And Dharmaraja does not wish to give it up even when supplicated, but that wicked-minded one, even when entreated, will not surrender the kingdom. (5-77-9)

न तु मन्ये स तद्वाच्यो यद्युधिष्ठिरशासनम्। उक्तं प्रयोजनं तत्र धर्मराजेन भारत ॥५-७७-१०॥

However, I do not think he should be told that, since Yudhishthira's purpose has already been stated there, O Bharata. (5-77-10)

तथा पापस्तु तत्सर्वं न करिष्यति कौरवः। तस्मिंश्चाक्रियमाणेऽसौ लोकवध्यो भविष्यति ॥५-७७-११॥

Likewise, if that sinful Kaurava does not do all this, he will become deserving of death in the eyes of the world. (5-77-11)

मम चापि स वध्यो वै जगतश्चापि भारत। येन कौमारके यूयं सर्वे विप्रकृतास्तथा ॥५-७७-१२॥

And O Bhārata, he is surely worthy of punishment both by me and by the world, since it was he who wronged all of you in your childhood in this way. (5-77-12)

विप्रलुप्तं च वो राज्यं नृशंसेन दुरात्मना। न चोपशाम्यते पापः श्रियं दृष्ट्वा युधिष्ठिरे ॥५-७७-१३॥

And your kingdom was snatched away by a cruel, wicked man; nor is his evil restrained when he sees the prosperity in Yudhishthira. (5-77-13)

असकृच्चाप्यहं तेन त्वत्कृते पार्थ भेदितः। न मया तद्गृहीतं च पापं तस्य चिकीर्षितम् ॥५-७७-१४॥

And repeatedly, Pārtha, I have been wronged by him for your sake, yet I have not accepted that wrongdoing which he intended. (5-77-14)

जानासि हि महाबाहो त्वमप्यस्य परं मतम्। प्रियं चिकीर्षमाणं च धर्मराजस्य मामपि ॥५-७७-१५॥

You, mighty-armed one, indeed know his innermost intention, as well as the wish he intends, and you know both me and Dharmaraja as well. (5-77-15)

स जानंस्तस्य चात्मानं मम चैव परं मतम्। अजानन्निव चाकस्मादर्जुनाद्याभिशङ्कसे ॥५-७७-१६॥

He, though knowing the true intent—both his and mine—supreme, still, O Arjuna, suddenly and as if not knowing, you now grow suspicious. (5-77-16)

यच्चापि परमं दिव्यं तच्चाप्यवगतं त्वया। विधानविहितं पार्थ कथं शर्म भवेत्परैः ॥५-७७-१७॥

And even the highest, divine principle has been understood by you, O Pārtha, decreed by order—so how could there be peace from others? (5-77-17)

यत्तु वाचा मया शक्यं कर्मणा चापि पाण्डव। करिष्ये तदहं पार्थ न त्वाशंसे शमं परैः ॥५-७७-१८॥

But whatever is possible for me in word or deed, Pāṇḍava, that I will do, Pārtha; yet I do not expect peace from the others. (5-77-18)

कथं गोहरणे ब्रूयादिच्छञ्शर्म तथाविधम्। याच्यमानोऽपि भीष्मेण संवत्सरगतेऽध्वनि ॥५-७७-१९॥

How, at the time of the cow abduction, could one who desires such peace say so, even when being urged by Bhishma, after a year had passed, on the road? (5-77-19)

तदैव ते पराभूता यदा सङ्कल्पितास्त्वया। लवशः क्षणशश्चापि न च तुष्टः सुयोधनः ॥५-७७-२०॥

You were defeated at that very moment when, although you decided upon it yourself, Suyodhana was never satisfied, no matter how much you gave, little by little, moment by moment. (5-77-20)

सर्वथा तु मया कार्यं धर्मराजस्य शासनम्। विभाव्यं तस्य भूयश्च कर्म पापं दुरात्मनः ॥५-७७-२१॥

But in every way I must obey the command of the righteous king, and once more consider the evil deed of that wicked one. (5-77-21)