05156001c kim akurvanta kuravaH kAlenAbhipracoditAH 'janamejaya said, 'After the soldiers had been arrayed thus in order of battle (on the field of kurukSetra), what, O bull among brAhmaNas, did the kauravas then do, urged as they were by destiny itself?'
05156002 vaizamMpAyana uvAca 'vaizaMpAyana said,
05156002a tathA vyUDheSv anIkeSu yat teSu bharatarSabha 'After the soldiers, O bull of the bharata race, had been arrayed thus in order of battle,
05156002c dhRtarASTro mahArAja saJMjayaM vAkyam abravIt dhRtarASTra, O, king, said these words to saJjaya.'
05156003a ehi saJMjaya me sarvam AcakSvAnavazeSataH 'dhRtarASTra said, 'Come, O saJjaya, tell me with the fullest details
05156003c senAniveze yad vRttaGM kurupANDavasenayoH all that hath happened in the encampment of the kuru and the pANDava troops.
05156004a diSTam eva paramM manye pauruSaJM cApy anarthakam I regard destiny to be superior, and exertion useless,
05156004c yad ahaJM jAnamAno 'pi yuddhadoSAn kSayodayAn for although I understand the evil consequences of war that will lead only to ruin,
05156005a tathApi nikRtiprajJamM putranM durdyUtadevinam even so, my son who rejoices in gambling and considers deceit to be wisdom,
05156005c na zaknomi niyantuM vA kartuM vA hitam AtmanaH I am unable to restrain. Understanding everything, I am not yet able to secure my own welfare.
05156006a bhavaty eva hi me sUta buddhir doSAnudarzinI O sUta, I have an understanding that sees faults,
05156006c duryodhanaM samAsAdya punasH sA parivartate but it disappears when I approach duryodhana.
05156007a evaGM gate vai yad bhAvi tad bhaviSyati saJMjaya When such is the case, O saJjaya, that will be which must be.
05156007c kSatradharmaH kila raNe tanutyAgo 'bhipUjitaH Indeed, the sacrifice of one's corporeal body in battle is the laudable duty of every kSatriya.'
05156008 saJMjaya uvAca 'saJjaya said,
05156008a tvadyukto 'yam anuprazno mahArAja yathArhasi 'This question, O great king, that thou hast put, is indeed, worthy of thee.
05156008c na tu duryodhane doSam imam Asaktum arhasi It behoveth thee not, however, to impute entire fault to duryodhana only.
05156008e zRNuSvAnavazeSeNa vadato mama pArthiva Listen to me, O king, as I speak of this exhaustively.
05156009a ya Atmano duzcaritAd azubhamM prApnuyAn naraH That man who cometh by evil in consequence of his own misconduct,
05156009c enasA na sa daivaM vA kAlaM vA gantum arhati should never impute the fault to either time or the gods.
05156010a mahArAja manuSyeSu nindyaM yasH sarvam Acaret O great king, he amongst men who perpetrateth every wicked act,
05156010c sa vadhyasH sarvalokasya ninditAni samAcaran deserveth to be slain in consequence of his perpetrating those acts.
05156011a nikArA manujazreSTha pANDavais tvatpratIkSayA O best of men, the sons of pANDu and their followers, to show respect to you,
05156011c anubhUtAsH sahAmAtyair nikRtair adhidevane endured the humiliations when they were tricked at the dice board.
05156012a hayAnAJM ca gajAnAJM ca rAjJAJM cAmitatejasAm Of steeds and elephants and kings endued with immeasurable energy,
05156012c vaizasaM samare vRttaM yat tan me zRNu sarvazaH hear from me fully, O king, of the slaughter that is about to take place in battle.
05156013a sthiro bhUtvA mahArAja sarvalokakSayodayam Hearing patiently, O thou that art endued with great wisdom, of the destruction of the world in the fierce battle that has been brought about,
05156013c yathAbhUtamM mahAyuddhe zrutvA mA vimanA bhava come to this conclusion and no other,
05156014a na hy eva kartA puruSaH karmaNoH zubhapApayoH viz., that man is never the agent of his acts right or wrong.
05156014c asvatantro hi puruSaH kAryate dAruyantravat Indeed, like a wooden machine, man is not an agent (in all he does). In this respect, three opinions are entertained;
05156015a ke cid IzvaranirdiSTAH ke cid eva yadRcchayA some say that everything is ordained by God; some say that our acts are the result of free-will;
05156015c pUrvakarmabhir apy anye traidham etad vikRSyate and others say that our acts are the result of those of our past lives. Listen then, therefore, with patience, to the evil that hath come upon us.''
