Mahabharata · 5.41.11
॥
Devanāgarī
लाभालाभौ प्रियद्वेष्यौ यथैनं न जरान्तकौ ॥
विषहेरन् भयामर्षौ क्षुत्पिपासे मदोद्भवौ ॥
अरतिश् चैव तन्द्री च कामक्रोधौ क्षयोदयौ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
lābhālābhau priyadveṣyau yathainaṃ na jarāntakau ||
viṣaheran bhayāmarṣau kṣutpipāse madodbhavau ||
aratiś caiva tandrī ca kāmakrodhau kṣayodayau ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
लाभालाभौlābhālābhaugain and loss; profit and loss
प्रियद्वेष्यौpriyadveṣyauthe pleasant and unpleasant; the beloved and the hateful
यथैनंyathainaṃso that him; in order that him
नnanot; no
जरान्तकौjarāntakauold age and death; aging and the end
विषहेरन्viṣaheranmight overcome; might be able to withstand
भयामर्षौbhayāmarṣaufear and impatience; fear and indignation
क्षुत्पिपासेkṣutpipāsehunger and thirst; hunger and thirst
मदोद्भवौmadodbhavauborn of pride; arisen from intoxication
अरतिश्aratiśdiscontent; aversion
चैवcaivaand also; and indeed
तन्द्रीtandrīlanguor; drowsiness
चcaand; also
कामक्रोधौkāmakrodhaudesire and anger; passion and rage
क्षयोदयौkṣayodayaudecline and rise; destruction and arising
Translation
Therefore it behooves you to expound this, so that, hearing your words, this foremost of men may overcome all these sorrows -- gain and loss, the pleasant and the unpleasant, decrepitude and death, fear and jealousy, hunger and thirst, pride and prosperity, aversion, sleep, lust and anger, as well as decline and increase -- may all of this be borne by him!
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This passage (5.41.11) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already underway against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Here dharma is revealed through speech, the choice of embassy, faithfulness to one's word, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.