Verse 5·VR 2.23.5

अस्थाने सम्भ्रमः यस्य जातः वै सुमहान् अयम् || २-२३-५ धर्म दोष प्रसन्गेन लोकस्य अनतिशन्कया | कथम् हि एतत् असम्भ्रान्तः त्वद् विधो वक्तुम् अर्हति || २-२३-६ यथा दैवम् अशौण्डीरम् शौण्डीरः क्षत्रिय ऋषभः |

asthaane sambhramaH yasya jaataH vai sumahaan ayam || 2-23-5 dharma doSha prasangena lokasya anatishankayaa | katham hi etat asambhraantaH tvad vidho vaktum arhati || 2-23-6 yathaa daivam ashauNDiiram shauNDiiraH kShatriya R^iShabhaH |

Translation

"Oh, the best of proud military community! This untimely great confusion is born in you due to your conjecture of quilty righteousness and of non suspicion of the world. Can such a person like you speak a person like you speak thus doubtlessly of the powerless destiny?"

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