Shloka 73
Jayadratha Approaches Draupadī in the Forest
Hospitality, Persuasion, and Reproach
भवतस्ते सहाया वै प्रेष्यतां पूर्वमागता: । पाण्डव शौर्यसम्पन्न, बलवान् तथा युद्धमें पीठ न दिखानेवाले हैं। वे आपके दास तो बहुत पहले ही हो चुके हैं, अतः उन्हें आपका सहायक होना ही चाहिये
bhavatas te sahāyā vai preṣyatāṃ pūrvam āgatāḥ | pāṇḍavāḥ śaurya-sampannā balavāṃs tathā yuddhe pīṭhaṃ na darśayanti | te bhavataḥ dāsāḥ tu bahu-pūrvam eva bhūtāḥ, ataḥ teṣāṃ bhavataḥ sahāyatvam eva kartavyam |
Karna said: “Let those allies of yours who have come earlier be dispatched first. The Pāṇḍavas are endowed with valor and strength, and in battle they do not turn their backs. Since they have long ago become, as it were, bound to your service, it is only right that they should stand as your support.”
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