Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /416

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THE MAHABHARATA
 
" I think that the eye of the weak, of the

sage and of the serpent is most unbearable;
do not assail the weak,
 

do not assail the weak,
 
'
 
दुर्बलांस्तात मन्येथा
 
नित्यमेवाविमानितान् ।
 

मा त्वां दुर्बलचक्षूंषि प्रदहेयुस्सबान्धवम् ॥

विमानितो हतः क्लिष्टस्त्रातारं चेन्न विन्दति ।

अमानुषकृतस्तत्र दण्डो हन्ति नराधिपम् ॥

मा स्म तात बलस्थस्त्वं भुञ्जीथा दुर्बलं जनम् ॥

यानि मिथ्याभिशस्तानां पतन्त्यभूश्रूणि रोदताम् ।

तानि पुत्रान्पशून्घ्नन्ति तेषां मिथ्याभिशंसिनाम्॥
 

"Son, consider that the powerless must

never be insulted; let not the eyes of the

weak burn you and your kinsmen.

If one insulted, beaten or harassed, does

not get his saviour, in that kingdom,

divine punishment kills the king. (My ) son,

remaining in power, don't you live upon

the powerless people. The tears that fall

from those who weep, being falsely accused,

kill the sons and cattle of those who make

the false accusation.
 
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