Shanti Parva 138.143
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 138 · Verse 143
Sanskrit Original
अकाले हि समर्थस्य स्नेहहेतुरयं तव। तस्मान्नाहं चले स्वार्थात् सुस्थिरः संधिविग्रहे॥ अभ्राणामिव रूपाणि विकुर्वन्ति क्षणे क्षणे। अद्यैव हि रिपुर्भूत्वा पुनरद्यैव मे सुहृत्॥ पुनश्च रिपुरद्यैव युक्तीनां पश्य चापलम्।
You are powerful. The reason which you show for your love for me now is ill-timed. Moved, however, by my own interests, I am always very strong about peace and war that are themselves very unstable. The circumstances under which peace is to be made or war declared change as speedily as the clouds change their form. This very day you were my enemy. This every day again, you becaiae my friend. This very day you have again become my enemy. Mark the considerations that move living creatures!