05.125
Pancharatra: Duryodhana rejects Pandavas claim to the kingdom and sights the dharma of the kshatriyas to fight and give up lives in battle field.
शवैशम्पायन उवाच॥
śavaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[शवैशम्पायन (śavaiśampāyana) - Śavaiśampāyana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Śavaiśampāyana said:)
Śavaiśampāyana spoke:
श्रुत्वा दुर्योधनो वाक्यमप्रियं कुरुसंसदि । प्रत्युवाच महाबाहुं वासुदेवं यशस्विनम् ॥५-१२५-१॥
śrutvā duryodhano vākyamapriyaṃ kurusaṃsadi . pratyuvāca mahābāhuṃ vāsudevaṃ yaśasvinam ॥5-125-1॥
[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words; अप्रियं (apriyaṃ) - unpleasant; कुरुसंसदि (kurusaṃsadi) - in the Kuru assembly; प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied; महाबाहुं (mahābāhuṃ) - mighty-armed; वासुदेवं (vāsudevaṃ) - to Vasudeva; यशस्विनम् (yaśasvinam) - glorious;]
(Having heard the unpleasant words in the Kuru assembly, Duryodhana replied to the mighty-armed and glorious Vasudeva.)
Upon hearing the unpleasant words in the Kuru assembly, Duryodhana responded to the mighty and illustrious Vasudeva.
प्रसमीक्ष्य भवानेतद्वक्तुमर्हति केशव । मामेव हि विशेषेण विभाष्य परिगर्हसे ॥५-१२५-२॥
prasamīkṣya bhavānetadvaktumarhati keśava । māmeva hi viśeṣeṇa vibhāṣya parigarhase ॥5-125-2॥
[प्रसमीक्ष्य (prasamīkṣya) - having considered; भवान् (bhavān) - you; एतत् (etat) - this; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; अर्हति (arhati) - deserves; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava; माम् (mām) - me; एव (eva) - only; हि (hi) - indeed; विशेषेण (viśeṣeṇa) - especially; विभाष्य (vibhāṣya) - having spoken; परिगर्हसे (parigarhase) - you criticize;]
(Having considered, you deserve to speak this, O Keśava. You indeed criticize me especially, having spoken.)
O Keśava, after considering, you are worthy to speak this. You indeed criticize me especially after speaking.
भक्तिवादेन पार्थानामकस्मान्मधुसूदन । भवान्गर्हयते नित्यं किं समीक्ष्य बलाबलम् ॥५-१२५-३॥
bhaktivādena pārthānāmakasmānmadhusūdana । bhavāngarhayate nityaṃ kiṃ samīkṣya balābalam ॥5-125-3॥
[भक्तिवादेन (bhaktivādena) - by the argument of devotion; पार्थानाम् (pārthānām) - of the sons of Pritha; अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - without reason; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O slayer of Madhu; भवान् (bhavān) - you; गर्हयते (garhayate) - criticize; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; किं (kiṃ) - why; समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - considering; बलाबलम् (balābalam) - strength and weakness;]
(By the argument of devotion, O slayer of Madhu, why do you always criticize the sons of Pritha without reason, considering strength and weakness?)
O Madhusudana, why do you always criticize the sons of Pritha without reason, considering their strengths and weaknesses, by the argument of devotion?
भवान्क्षत्ता च राजा च आचार्यो वा पितामहः । मामेव परिगर्हन्ते नान्यं कञ्चन पार्थिवम् ॥५-१२५-४॥
bhavānkṣattā ca rājā ca ācāryo vā pitāmahaḥ । māmeva parigarhante nānyaṃ kañcana pārthivam ॥5-125-4॥
[भवान् (bhavān) - you; क्षत्ता (kṣattā) - minister; च (ca) - and; राजा (rājā) - king; च (ca) - and; आचार्यः (ācāryaḥ) - teacher; वा (vā) - or; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather; माम् (mām) - me; एव (eva) - only; परिगर्हन्ते (parigarhante) - blame; न (na) - not; अन्यं (anyaṃ) - anyone else; कञ्चन (kañcana) - any; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - prince;]
(You, the minister and the king, or the teacher or the grandfather, blame only me, not any other prince.)
You, whether as a minister, king, teacher, or grandfather, blame only me and no other prince.
न चाहं लक्षये कञ्चिद्व्यभिचारमिहात्मनः । अथ सर्वे भवन्तो मां विद्विषन्ति सराजकाः ॥५-१२५-५॥
na cāhaṃ lakṣaye kañcidvyabhicāramihātmanaḥ । atha sarve bhavanto māṃ vidviṣanti sarājakāḥ ॥5-125-5॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अहम् (aham) - I; लक्षये (lakṣaye) - perceive; कञ्चित् (kañcit) - any; व्यभिचारम् (vyabhicāram) - deviation; इह (iha) - here; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of myself; अथ (atha) - then; सर्वे (sarve) - all; भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you all; माम् (mām) - me; विद्विषन्ति (vidviṣanti) - hate; सराजकाः (sarājakāḥ) - with the kings;]
(And I do not perceive any deviation here of myself. Then all of you, along with the kings, hate me.)
I do not see any fault in myself here. Yet, all of you, along with the kings, despise me.
न चाहं कञ्चिदत्यर्थमपराधमरिंदम । विचिन्तयन्प्रपश्यामि सुसूक्ष्ममपि केशव ॥५-१२५-६॥
na cāhaṃ kañcidatyarthamaparādhamariṃdama । vicintayanprapaśyāmi susūkṣmamapi keśava ॥5-125-6॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अहम् (aham) - I; कञ्चित् (kañcit) - anyone; अत्यर्थम् (atyartham) - excessively; अपराधम् (aparādham) - offense; अरिंदम (ariṃdama) - O subduer of enemies; विचिन्तयन् (vicintayan) - thinking; प्रपश्यामि (prapaśyāmi) - I see; सुसूक्ष्मम् (susūkṣmam) - very subtle; अपि (api) - even; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava;]
(And I, O subduer of enemies, do not see any excessive offense, even a very subtle one, O Keśava, while thinking.)
O Keśava, I do not perceive any significant fault, not even a very subtle one, O subduer of enemies, as I contemplate.
प्रियाभ्युपगते द्यूते पाण्डवा मधुसूदन । जिताः शकुनिना राज्यं तत्र किं मम दुष्कृतम् ॥५-१२५-७॥
priyābhyupagate dyūte pāṇḍavā madhusūdana । jitāḥ śakuninā rājyaṃ tatra kiṃ mama duṣkṛtam ॥5-125-7॥
[प्रियाभ्युपगते (priyābhyupagate) - when dear one approached; द्यूते (dyūte) - in the game of dice; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana; जिताः (jitāḥ) - were defeated; शकुनिना (śakuninā) - by Shakuni; राज्यं (rājyaṃ) - kingdom; तत्र (tatra) - there; किं (kiṃ) - what; मम (mama) - my; दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - wrongdoing;]
(When the dear one approached the game of dice, O Madhusudana, the Pandavas were defeated by Shakuni. What wrongdoing is mine there?)
O Madhusudana, when the dear one approached the game of dice, the Pandavas were defeated by Shakuni. What fault is mine in that situation?
यत्पुनर्द्रविणं किञ्चित्तत्राजीयन्त पाण्डवाः । तेभ्य एवाभ्यनुज्ञातं तत्तदा मधुसूदन ॥५-१२५-८॥
yat punar draviṇaṃ kiñcit tatrājīyanta pāṇḍavāḥ । tebhya evābhyanujñātaṃ tattadā madhusūdana ॥5-125-8॥
[यत् (yat) - which; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; द्रविणम् (draviṇam) - wealth; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - some; तत्र (tatra) - there; अजीयन्त (ajīyanta) - were conquered; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to them; एव (eva) - indeed; अभ्यनुज्ञातम् (abhyanujñātam) - was permitted; तत् (tat) - that; तदा (tadā) - then; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana;]
(Which wealth, some there were conquered by the Pandavas. To them indeed was permitted that then, O Madhusudana.)
The wealth that was conquered by the Pandavas was permitted to them by you, O Madhusudana, at that time.
अपराधो न चास्माकं यत्ते ह्यक्षपराजिताः । अजेया जयतां श्रेष्ठ पार्थाः प्रव्राजिता वनम् ॥५-१२५-९॥
aparādho na cāsmākaṃ yatte hyakṣaparājitāḥ । ajeyā jayatāṃ śreṣṭha pārthāḥ pravrājitā vanam ॥5-125-9॥
[अपराधः (aparādhaḥ) - offense; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our; यत् (yat) - that; ते (te) - your; हि (hi) - indeed; अक्षपराजिताः (akṣaparājitāḥ) - unconquered in dice; अजेयाः (ajeyāḥ) - invincible; जयताम् (jayatām) - of the victorious; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - best; पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - sons of Pritha; प्रव्राजिताः (pravrājitāḥ) - banished; वनम् (vanam) - to the forest;]
(The offense is not ours, but yours, indeed, unconquered in dice. Invincible, the best of the victorious, the sons of Pritha, have been banished to the forest.)
It is not our fault, but yours, as you are unconquered in dice. The invincible sons of Pritha, the best among the victorious, have been exiled to the forest.
केन चाप्यपवादेन विरुध्यन्तेऽरिभिः सह । अशक्ताः पाण्डवाः कृष्ण प्रहृष्टाः प्रत्यमित्रवत् ॥५-१२५-१०॥
kena cāpyapavādena virudhyante'ribhiḥ saha । aśaktāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇa prahṛṣṭāḥ pratyamitravat ॥5-125-10॥
[केन (kena) - by what; च (ca) - and; अप्यपवादेन (apyapavādena) - even by slander; विरुध्यन्ते (virudhyante) - are opposed; अरिभिः (aribhiḥ) - by enemies; सह (saha) - with; अशक्ताः (aśaktāḥ) - powerless; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna; प्रहृष्टाः (prahṛṣṭāḥ) - delighted; प्रत्यमित्रवत् (pratyamitravat) - like against enemies;]
(By what and even by slander are they opposed with enemies? Powerless, the Pandavas, O Krishna, are delighted like against enemies.)
O Krishna, by what slander are the powerless Pandavas opposed by enemies, yet they seem delighted as if facing their foes?
किमस्माभिः कृतं तेषां कस्मिन्वा पुनरागसि । धार्तराष्ट्राञ्जिघांसन्ति पाण्डवाः सृञ्जयैः सह ॥५-१२५-११॥
kim asmābhiḥ kṛtaṃ teṣāṃ kasmin vā punar āgasi । dhārtarāṣṭrāñ jighāṃsanti pāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha ॥5-125-11॥
[किम् (kim) - what; अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what; वा (vā) - or; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आगसि (āgasi) - offense; धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - Dhritarashtra's sons; जिघांसन्ति (jighāṃsanti) - wish to harm; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; सृञ्जयैः (sṛñjayaiḥ) - with the Srinjayas; सह (saha) - together;]
(What have we done to them, or in what offense again? The Pandavas, together with the Srinjayas, wish to harm Dhritarashtra's sons.)
What have we done to them, or what offense have we committed again? The Pandavas, along with the Srinjayas, intend to harm the sons of Dhritarashtra.
न चापि वयमुग्रेण कर्मणा वचनेन वा । वित्रस्ताः प्रणमामेह भयादपि शतक्रतोः ॥५-१२५-१२॥
na cāpi vayamugreṇa karmaṇā vacanena vā । vitrastāḥ praṇamāmeha bhayādapi śatakratoḥ ॥5-125-12॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; वयम् (vayam) - we; उग्रेण (ugreṇa) - by fierce; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; वचनेन (vacanena) - by word; वा (vā) - or; वित्रस्ताः (vitrastāḥ) - frightened; प्रणमाम (praṇamāma) - we bow; इह (iha) - here; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear; अपि (api) - even; शतक्रतोः (śatakratoḥ) - of Indra;]
(Not even by fierce action or word are we frightened to bow here out of fear of Indra.)
We are not frightened by fierce actions or words to bow here out of fear of Indra.
न च तं कृष्ण पश्यामि क्षत्रधर्ममनुष्ठितम् । उत्सहेत युधा जेतुं यो नः शत्रुनिबर्हण ॥५-१२५-१३॥
na ca taṃ kṛṣṇa paśyāmi kṣatradharmamanuṣṭhitam । utsaheta yudhā jetuṃ yo naḥ śatrunibarhaṇa ॥5-125-13॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तं (taṃ) - that; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; क्षत्रधर्म (kṣatradharma) - warrior's duty; अनुष्ठितम् (anuṣṭhitam) - performed; उत्सहेत (utsaheta) - would be able; युधा (yudhā) - by fighting; जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer; यः (yaḥ) - who; नः (naḥ) - our; शत्रुनिबर्हण (śatrunibarhaṇa) - destroyer of enemies;]
(And, O Kṛṣṇa, I do not see that the warrior's duty is being performed. Who would be able to conquer by fighting, O destroyer of enemies?)
O Kṛṣṇa, I do not see the warrior's duty being upheld. Who among us could conquer by fighting, O destroyer of enemies?
न हि भीष्मकृपद्रोणाः सगणा मधुसूदन । देवैरपि युधा जेतुं शक्याः किमुत पाण्डवैः ॥५-१२५-१४॥
na hi bhīṣmakṛpadroṇāḥ sagaṇā madhusūdana । devairapi yudhā jetuṃ śakyāḥ kimuta pāṇḍavaiḥ ॥5-125-14॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma; कृप (kṛpa) - Kripa; द्रोणाः (droṇāḥ) - Drona; सगणा (sagaṇā) - with their troops; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana; देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods; अपि (api) - even; युधा (yudhā) - in battle; जेतुं (jetuṃ) - to conquer; शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - possible; किमुत (kimuta) - how much more; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pandavas;]
(Not indeed Bhishma, Kripa, Drona with their troops, O Madhusudana, even by the gods in battle to conquer possible; how much more by the Pandavas.)
O Madhusudana, neither Bhishma, Kripa, nor Drona with their troops can be conquered in battle even by the gods, let alone by the Pandavas.
स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठन्तो यदि माधव संयुगे । शस्त्रेण निधनं काले प्राप्स्यामः स्वर्गमेव तत् ॥५-१२५-१५॥
svadharmam anutiṣṭhanto yadi mādhava saṃyuge । śastreṇa nidhanaṃ kāle prāpsyāmaḥ svargam eva tat ॥5-125-15॥
[स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - own duty; अनुतिष्ठन्तः (anutiṣṭhantaḥ) - performing; यदि (yadi) - if; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by weapon; निधनम् (nidhanam) - death; काले (kāle) - in time; प्राप्स्यामः (prāpsyāmaḥ) - we shall obtain; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven; एव (eva) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that;]
(Performing one's own duty, if, O Mādhava, in battle, by weapon, death, in time, we shall obtain heaven indeed that.)
O Mādhava, if we perform our own duty in battle and meet death by weapon in due time, we shall indeed obtain heaven.
मुख्यश्चैवैष नो धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां जनार्दन । यच्छयीमहि सङ्ग्रामे शरतल्पगता वयम् ॥५-१२५-१६॥
mukhyaścaivaiṣa no dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ janārdana । yacchayīmahi saṅgrāme śaratalpagatā vayam ॥5-125-16॥
[मुख्यः (mukhyaḥ) - main; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; नः (naḥ) - our; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the Kshatriyas; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; यत् (yat) - that; शयीमहि (śayīmahi) - we may lie; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; शरतल्पगताः (śaratalpagatāḥ) - on the bed of arrows; वयम् (vayam) - we;]
(Main and indeed this is our duty of the Kshatriyas, O Janardana, that we may lie in battle on the bed of arrows, we.)
O Janardana, it is indeed the primary duty of us Kshatriyas that we should lie on the battlefield on a bed of arrows.
ते वयं वीरशयनं प्राप्स्यामो यदि संयुगे । अप्रणम्यैव शत्रूणां न नस्तप्स्यति माधव ॥५-१२५-१७॥
te vayaṃ vīraśayanaṃ prāpsyāmo yadi saṃyuge । apraṇamyaiva śatrūṇāṃ na nastapsyati mādhava ॥5-125-17॥
[ते (te) - they; वयम् (vayam) - we; वीरशयनम् (vīraśayanam) - hero's bed; प्राप्स्यामः (prāpsyāmaḥ) - will attain; यदि (yadi) - if; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; अप्रणम्य (apraṇamya) - without bowing; एव (eva) - indeed; शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies; न (na) - not; नः (naḥ) - us; तप्स्यति (tapsyati) - will torment; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(They, we will attain the hero's bed if in battle; without bowing indeed of enemies not us will torment, O Mādhava.)
O Mādhava, we will attain the hero's bed in battle without bowing to the enemies; they will not torment us.
कश्च जातु कुले जातः क्षत्रधर्मेण वर्तयन् । भयाद्वृत्तिं समीक्ष्यैवं प्रणमेदिह कस्यचित् ॥५-१२५-१८॥
kaśca jātu kule jātaḥ kṣatradharmeṇa vartayan । bhayādvṛttiṃ samīkṣyaivaṃ praṇamediha kasyacit ॥5-125-18॥
[कश्च (kaśca) - who; जातु (jātu) - ever; कुले (kule) - in family; जातः (jātaḥ) - born; क्षत्रधर्मेण (kṣatradharmeṇa) - by warrior's duty; वर्तयन् (vartayan) - living; भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear; वृत्तिं (vṛttiṃ) - conduct; समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - considering; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; प्रणमेत् (praṇamet) - would bow; इह (iha) - here; कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - to anyone;]
(Who, ever born in a family, living by a warrior's duty, considering conduct from fear, would thus bow here to anyone.)
Whoever is born in a noble family and lives by the warrior's code, considering their conduct out of fear, would bow to anyone here.
उद्यच्छेदेव न नमेदुद्यमो ह्येव पौरुषम् । अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमेदिह कस्यचित् ॥५-१२५-१९॥
udyacchedeva na namedudyamo hyeva pauruṣam । apyaparvaṇi bhajyeta na namediha kasyacit ॥5-125-19॥
[उद्यच्छेदेव (udyacchedeva) - like the rising sun; न (na) - not; नमेत् (namet) - should bow; उद्यमः (udyamaḥ) - effort; हि (hi) - indeed; एव (eva) - certainly; पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - manliness; अपि (api) - even; अपर्वणि (aparvaṇi) - in adversity; भज्येत (bhajyeta) - may break; न (na) - not; नमेत् (namet) - should bow; इह (iha) - here; कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - to anyone;]
(Like the rising sun, effort should not bow; indeed, manliness certainly. Even in adversity, it may break, but should not bow here to anyone.)
Effort should be like the rising sun, never bowing down; true manliness lies in this. Even in adversity, one may break but should never bow to anyone.
इति मातङ्गवचनं परीप्सन्ति हितेप्सवः । धर्माय चैव प्रणमेद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च मद्विधः ॥५-१२५-२०॥
iti mātaṅgavacanaṃ parīpsanti hitepsavaḥ । dharmāya caiva praṇamedbrāhmaṇebhyaśca madvidhaḥ ॥5-125-20॥
[इति (iti) - thus; मातङ्गवचनं (mātaṅgavacanaṃ) - words of Matanga; परीप्सन्ति (parīpsanti) - desire to obtain; हितेप्सवः (hitepsavaḥ) - those desiring welfare; धर्माय (dharmāya) - for dharma; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्रणमेत् (praṇamet) - should bow; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins; च (ca) - and; मद्विधः (madvidhaḥ) - like me;]
(Thus, those desiring welfare seek the words of Matanga. Indeed, one like me should bow to the Brahmins and for dharma.)
Thus, those who seek welfare listen to the words of Matanga. A person like me should bow to the Brahmins and uphold dharma.
अचिन्तयन्कञ्चिदन्यं यावज्जीवं तथाचरेत् । एष धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां मतमेतच्च मे सदा ॥५-१२५-२१॥
acintayankañcidanyaṃ yāvajjīvaṃ tathācaret । eṣa dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ matametacca me sadā ॥5-125-21॥
[अचिन्तयन् (acintayan) - not thinking; कञ्चित् (kañcit) - anyone; अन्यम् (anyam) - other; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; जीवम् (jīvam) - life; तथा (tathā) - thus; अचरेत् (acaret) - should act; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the Kshatriyas; मतम् (matam) - opinion; एतत् (etat) - this; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(Not thinking of anyone else, one should act thus as long as life lasts. This is the duty of the Kshatriyas, and this is always my opinion.)
One should act without considering anyone else for the entirety of their life. This is the duty of the Kshatriyas, and this has always been my belief.
राज्यांशश्चाभ्यनुज्ञातो यो मे पित्रा पुराभवत् । न स लभ्यः पुनर्जातु मयि जीवति केशव ॥५-१२५-२२॥
rājyaṃśaścābhyanujñāto yo me pitrā purābhavat . na sa labhyaḥ punarjātu mayi jīvati keśava ॥5-125-22॥
[राज्यांशः (rājyaṃśaḥ) - portion of the kingdom; च (ca) - and; अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - permitted; यः (yaḥ) - which; मे (me) - my; पित्रा (pitrā) - by father; पुरा (purā) - formerly; अभवत् (abhavat) - was; न (na) - not; सः (saḥ) - that; लभ्यः (labhyaḥ) - obtainable; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; जातु (jātu) - ever; मयि (mayi) - in me; जीवति (jīvati) - living; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava;]
(The portion of the kingdom which was formerly permitted to me by my father is not obtainable again ever in me living, O Keśava.)
O Keśava, the portion of the kingdom that my father once allowed me is not obtainable again as long as I live.
यावच्च राजा ध्रियते धृतराष्ट्रो जनार्दन । न्यस्तशस्त्रा वयं ते वाप्युपजीवाम माधव ॥५-१२५-२३॥
yāvac ca rājā dhriyate dhṛtarāṣṭro janārdana । nyastaśastrā vayaṃ te vāpy upajīvāma mādhava ॥5-125-23॥
[यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; च (ca) - and; राजा (rājā) - king; ध्रियते (dhriyate) - is supported; धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; न्यस्तशस्त्राः (nyastaśastrāḥ) - laid down arms; वयम् (vayam) - we; ते (te) - your; वा (vā) - or; उपजीवाम (upajīvāma) - subsist; माधव (mādhava) - O Madhava;]
(As long as King Dhritarashtra is supported, O Janardana, we have laid down arms and subsist on you, O Madhava.)
O Janardana, as long as King Dhritarashtra is supported, we have laid down our arms and depend on you, O Madhava.
यद्यदेयं पुरा दत्तं राज्यं परवतो मम । अज्ञानाद्वा भयाद्वापि मयि बाले जनार्दन ॥५-१२५-२४॥
yadyadeyaṃ purā dattaṃ rājyaṃ paravato mama । ajñānādvā bhayādvāpi mayi bāle janārdana ॥5-125-24॥
[यद्यद (yadyad) - whatever; इयं (iyaṃ) - this; पुरा (purā) - formerly; दत्तं (dattaṃ) - given; राज्यं (rājyaṃ) - kingdom; परवत (paravata) - Paravata; मम (mama) - my; अज्ञानाद् (ajñānād) - out of ignorance; वा (vā) - or; भयाद् (bhayād) - out of fear; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - also; मयि (mayi) - in me; बाले (bāle) - child; जनार्दन (janārdana) - Janardana;]
(Whatever this kingdom formerly given to Paravata by me, either out of ignorance or out of fear, O child Janardana.)
O Janardana, whatever kingdom was given to Paravata by me in the past, whether out of ignorance or fear, when I was a child.
न तदद्य पुनर्लभ्यं पाण्डवैर्वृष्णिनन्दन । ध्रियमाणे महाबाहो मयि सम्प्रति केशव ॥५-१२५-२५॥
na tadadya punarlabhyaṃ pāṇḍavairvṛṣṇinandana । dhriyamāṇe mahābāho mayi samprati keśava ॥5-125-25॥
[न (na) - not; तत् (tat) - that; अद्य (adya) - today; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; लभ्यम् (labhyam) - obtainable; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas; वृष्णिनन्दन (vṛṣṇinandana) - O joy of the Vṛṣṇis; ध्रियमाणे (dhriyamāṇe) - being supported; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; मयि (mayi) - in me; सम्प्रति (samprati) - at present; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava;]
(O joy of the Vṛṣṇis, that is not obtainable today by the Pāṇḍavas, O mighty-armed, being supported in me at present, O Keśava.)
O Keśava, the joy of the Vṛṣṇis, today that cannot be obtained by the Pāṇḍavas, as it is currently supported by me, O mighty-armed one.
यावद्धि सूच्यास्तीक्ष्णाया विध्येदग्रेण माधव । तावदप्यपरित्याज्यं भूमेर्नः पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥५-१२५-२६॥
yāvaddhi sūcyāstīkṣṇāyā vidhyedagreṇa mādhava । tāvadaparityājyaṃ bhūmernaḥ pāṇḍavānprati ॥5-125-26॥
[यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; हि (hi) - indeed; सूच्याः (sūcyāḥ) - of the needle; तीक्ष्णायाः (tīkṣṇāyāḥ) - sharp; विध्येत् (vidhyet) - pierces; अग्रेण (agreṇa) - with the point; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; तावत् (tāvat) - so long; अपि (api) - even; अपरित्याज्यम् (aparityājyam) - not to be abandoned; भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the land; नः (naḥ) - our; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(As long as, indeed, O Mādhava, the sharp point of a needle pierces, so long is the land towards the Pāṇḍavas not to be abandoned by us.)
O Mādhava, as long as the sharp point of a needle can pierce, we must not abandon our land to the Pāṇḍavas.
