OR

Bhima to Yudhistira

This our act (in refusing the kingdom) is like that

1. of a person who having dug a well stops in his work before obtaining water and comes up smutted with mire. Or, 
2. this our act is like that of a person who having climbed up a tall tree and taken honey there from meets with death before tasting it. Or, 
3. it is like that of a person who having set out on a long way comes back in despair without having reached his destination. Or, 
4. it is like that of a person who having slain all his foes, O thou of Kuru's race, at last Falls by his own hand. Or, 
5. it is like that of a person afflicted with hunger, who having obtained food, refuses to take it, or of a person under the influence of desire, who having obtained a woman reciprocating his passion, refuses to meet with her.

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