Mahābhārata · 2.71.46–47
॥
Devanāgarī
वैशंपायन उवाच
द्रोणस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रो ऽब्रवीद् इदम् ॥
सम्यग् आह गुरुः क्षत्तर् उपावर्तय पाण्डवान् ॥
यदि वा न निवर्तन्ते सत्कृता यान्तु पाण्डवाः ॥
सशस्त्ररथपादाता भोगवन्तश् च पुत्रकाः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
droṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bravīd idam ||
samyag āha guruḥ kṣattar upāvartaya pāṇḍavān ||
yadi vā na nivartante satkṛtā yāntu pāṇḍavāḥ ||
saśastrarathapādātā bhogavantaś ca putrakāḥ ||
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द्रोणस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रो ऽब्रवीद् इदम्droṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bravīd idamHaving heard Drona's word, Dhritarashtra said this:
सम्यग् आह गुरुः क्षत्तर् उपावर्तय पाण्डवान्samyag āha guruḥ kṣattar upāvartaya pāṇḍavān'Rightly has the teacher spoken, O Kshattri; bring back the Pandavas;
यदि वा न निवर्तन्ते सत्कृता यान्तु पाण्डवाःyadi vā na nivartante satkṛtā yāntu pāṇḍavāḥbut if they do not return, let the Pandavas go, honored,
स-शस्त्र-रथ-पादाता भोगवन्तश् च पुत्रकाःsa-śastra-ratha-pādātā bhogavantaś ca putrakāḥwith weapons, chariots and infantry, and full of wealth, my sons'.
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सशस्त्ररथपादाताsaśastrarathapādātāoriginal form "saśastrarathapādātā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Having heard Drona's word, Dhritarashtra said this: 'Rightly has the teacher spoken, O Kshattri; bring back the Pandavas. But if they do not return, let the Pandavas go, honored, with weapons, chariots and infantry, and full of wealth, my sons.'
Versión
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The blind king again echoes whoever last spoke: 'rightly has the teacher spoken' — but this belated readiness to bring back the Pandavas is only a fresh impulse of a wavering will, not a firm decision. It is telling that he calls them, too, by the tender word 'sons' (putrakāḥ): he now uses it for the Pandavas as well, torn between his own sons and his nephews, able neither to abandon injustice nor to stand for justice. The verse teaches that one unsteady in goodness yields to every last piece of advice without ever putting one into action; that a good impulse not secured by will is fruitless, as has already been shown; and that the tragedy of a weak ruler lies in an endless wavering between the truth he recognizes and the partiality he obeys — so that even this belated good thought remains without consequence.