अध्याय 55
1 [विदुर]
महाराज विजानीहि यत तवां वक्ष्यामि तच छृणु
मुमूर्षॊर औषधम इव न रॊचेतापि ते शरुतम
किसी नदी के किनारे एक बहुत बड़ा पेड़ था| उस पर एक बन्दर रहता था| उस पेड़ पर बड़े मीठे-रसीले फल लगाते थे| बन्दर उन्हें भर पेट खाता और मौज उड़ाता| वह अकेला ही मजे में दिन गुजार रहा था|
“Yudhishthira said, ‘Tell me, O grandsire, how a kin should behavetowards foe that is mild, towards one that is fierce, and towards onethat has many allies and a large force.’
“Yudhishthira said, ‘I desire, O king, to hear thee discourse in detailupon those high ordinances which regulate gifts of kine, for it is bymaking gifts (of kine) according to those ordinances that one attains toinnumerable regions of eternal felicity.’
1 [कपिल]
एतावद अनुपश्यन्तॊ यतयॊ यान्ति मार्गगाः
नैषां सर्वेषु लॊकेषु कश चिद अस्ति वयतिक्रमः
“Duryodhana said, ‘Tell me, O grandsire, how Sikhandin, O Ganga’s son,having before been born a daughter, afterwards became a man, O foremostof warriors.’
“Sanjaya said, ‘That elephant force of thine, O king, swelling withmight, fought everywhere, prevailing over the Pandava force. Resolved togo to the other world, the Panchalas and the Kauravas fought with oneanother for admission into the swelling domains of Yama.
यह गोल आकार का और थोड़े कसैले स्वाद का फल है| इसका छिलका तरबूज के छिलके की भांति थोड़ा सख्त होता है, तथा भीतर खरबूजे की भांति गूदा भरा होता है|