VIGRAHAH- विग्रह:- WAR-6( HITOPADESA)

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मन्त्र-भेदे हि ये दोषा भवन्ति पृथिवी-पतेः ।
न शक्यास् ते समाधातुम् इति नीति-विदां मतम् ॥ ३९ ॥

mantra-bhede hi ye doṣā bhavanti pṛthivī-pateḥ |
na śakyās te samādhātum iti nīti-vidāṃ matam || 3.39 ||

The trouble that arises by breach of counsel to the king cannot be easily repaired. Such is the opinion of the experts on political science.

स किं भृत्यः स किं मन्त्री य आदाव् एव भूपतिम् ।
युद्धोद्योगं स्व-भू-त्यागं निर्दिशत्य् अविचारितम् ॥ ४० ॥

sa kiṃ bhṛtyaḥ sa kiṃ mantrī ya ādāv eva bhūpatim |
yuddhodyogaṃ sva-bhū-tyāgaṃ nirdiśaty avicāritam || 3.40 |

Is he a prudent minister who at the very outset,  without analysing recommends to the king to go for war or abandoning the country ?

विजेतुं प्रयतेतारीन् न युद्धेन कदाचन ।
अनित्यो विजयो यस्माद् दृश्यते युध्यमानयोः ॥ ४१ ॥

vijetuṃ prayatetārīn na yuddhena kadācana |
anityo vijayo yasmād dṛśyate yudhyamānayoḥ || 3.41 ||

One should strive to conquer one’s enemies but not by war; because the result of two warring parties is uncertain.

साम्ना दानेन भेदेन समस्तैर् अथवा पृथक् ।
साधितुं प्रयतेतारीन् न युद्धेन कदाचन ॥ ४२ ॥

sāmnā dānena bhedena samastair athavā pṛthak |
sādhituṃ prayatetārīn na yuddhena kadācana || 3.42 ||

By conciliation, by gifts, by dissension – with these either combined or separately one should strive to over come his enemies, never by war.

सर्व एव जनः शूरो ह्य् अनासादित-विग्रहः ।
अदृष्ट-पर-सामर्थ्यः स-दर्पः को भवेन् न हि ॥ ४३ ॥

sarva eva janaḥ śūro hy anāsādita-vigrahaḥ |
adṛṣṭa-para-sāmarthyaḥ sa-darpaḥ ko bhaven na hi || 3.43 ||

Every one is a hero when not facing a war; who will not be proud about his valour  that has not yet faced the might of his enemy?

न तथोत्थाप्यते ग्रावा प्राणिभिर् दारुणा यथा ।
अल्पोपायान् महा-सिद्धिर् एतन्-मन्त्र-फलं महत् ॥ ४४ ॥

na tathotthāpyate grāvā prāṇibhir dāruṇā yathā |
alpopāyān mahā-siddhir etan-mantra-phalaṃ mahat || 3.44 ||

(ग्रावा -graava-stone)

One cannot lift a stone easily by himself. But can easily do it with the help of a lever, achieving great results with small effort. Such is the benefit of counsel.

(Archimedes said: Give me a lever and a fulcrum I can lift the whole world)

यथा काल-कृतोद्योगात् कृषिः फलवती भवेत् ।
तद्वन् नीतिर् इयं देव चिरात् फलति न क्षणात् ॥ ४५ ॥

yathā kāla-kṛtodyogāt kṛṣiḥ phalavatī bhavet |
tadvan nītir iyaṃ deva cirāt phalati na kṣaṇāt || 3.45 ||

Husbandry becomes fruitful after long seasonal preparation and strife, similarly this art of polity yields result over a period of time and not instantly.

दूरे भीरुत्वम् आसन्ने शूरता महतो गुणः ।
विपत्तौ हि महान् लोके धीरत्वम् अधिगच्छति ॥ ४६ ॥

dūre bhīrutvam āsanne śūratā mahato guṇaḥ |
vipattau hi mahān loke dhīratvam adhigacchati || 3.46 ||

Fearing danger when at a distance and courage when at hand is the quality of the great; in adversity great men show fortitude in the world.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH