Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /301

UDYOGRenowned woman, five of your sons will
never perish; they will be either without
A Prjuna but with Karna or with ARVA
 
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Renowned woman, five of your sons will
never perish; they will be either without
Arjuna but with Karna or with Arjuna

when I am killed."
 

 
अनामयं स्वस्ति चेति ततस्तौ जग्मतुः पृथक् ॥
 

Wishing welfare and bidding farewell,

the two then parted.
 

 
आगम्य हास्तिनपुरादुपप्लाव्यमरिन्दमः ।

पाण्डवानां यथावृत्तं केशवस्वर्वमुक्तवान् ॥
 

Krishna, the subduer of his enemies.

coming to Upaplavya from Hastinapura,

told the Pandavas everything as it happened.

 
कृष्ण:-

'तथ्यं पथ्यं हितं चोक्तो न च गृह्णाति दुर्मतिः ।

दण्डं चतुर्थथं पश्यामि तेषु पापेषु नान्यथा ॥
 

Krishna—
 

"Duryodhana was told what was truthful,

wholesome and beneficial; the fool does

not take the words. I consider punish

ment by war, the fourth expedient, as

proper for those sinners; by no
proper
other
means ( can they be tackled).
 
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