Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /262

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Duryodhana-

"Great king, you need not be afraid ;

you need not pity us; king ! powerful that

we are, we are capable of conquering our

foes in battle.
 
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' युधिष्ठिरः पुरं हित्वा पञ्च ग्रामान्स याचते ।

भीतो हि मामका त्सैन्यात् प्रभावाच्चैव मे विभो ॥
 
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"King, leaving off his capital city, that

Yudhisthira now begs for five villages; for,

he is afraid of my army and my power.
 

 
'अक्षौहिण्यो हि मे राजन् दशैका च समाहृताः।

न्यूना परेषां सप्तैव कस्मान्मे स्यात्पराजयः ॥
 

"King !eleven Akshauhinis have been

collected for me ; less than this, only

seven are the enemies' Akshauhinis; how

can there be defeat for me?
 
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'एतत्सर्ववं समाशाज्ञाय न मोहं गन्तुमर्हसि ॥
 
THE MAHABHARATA
 
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Knowing all this, you ought not to

be under delusion."
 

 
धृतराष्ट्र:-
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'दुर्योधन निवर्तस्व युद्धाद् भरतसत्तम ।

अलमर्धधं पृथिव्यास्ते सहामात्यस्य जीवितुम् ॥'