तथेत्य् उक्त्वा तु ते सर्वे जग्मुर् आवसथान् प्रति ॥
व्युषितायां रजन्यां तु कर्णो राजानम् अभ्ययात् ॥
ततो दुर्योधनं कर्णः प्रहसन्न् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
उपायः परिदृष्टो ऽयं तं निबोध जनेश्वर ॥
घोषा द्वैतवने सर्वे त्वत्प्रतीक्षा नराधिप ॥
घोषयात्रापदेशेन गमिष्यामो न संशयः ॥
उचितं हि सदा गन्तुं घोषयात्रां विशां पते ॥
एवं च त्वां पिता राजन् समनुज्ञातुम् अर्हति ॥
तथा कथयमानौ तौ घोषयात्राविनिश्चयम् ॥
गान्धारराजः शकुनिः प्रत्युवाच हसन्न् इव ॥
उपायो ऽयं मया दृष्टो गमनाय निरामयः ॥
अनुज्ञास्यति नो राजा चोदयिष्यति चाप्य् उत ॥
घोषा द्वैतवने सर्वे त्वत्प्रतीक्षा नराधिप ॥
घोषयात्रापदेशेन गमिष्यामो न संशयः ॥
ततः प्रहसिताः सर्वे ते ऽन्योन्यस्य तलान् ददुः ॥
तद् एव च विनिश्चित्य ददृशुः कुरुसत्तमम् ॥
tathety uktvā tu te sarve jagmur āvasathān prati ||
vyuṣitāyāṃ rajanyāṃ tu karṇo rājānam abhyayāt ||
tato duryodhanaṃ karṇaḥ prahasann idam abravīt ||
upāyaḥ paridṛṣṭo 'yaṃ taṃ nibodha janeśvara ||
ghoṣā dvaitavane sarve tvatpratīkṣā narādhipa ||
ghoṣayātrāpadeśena gamiṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ ||
ucitaṃ hi sadā gantuṃ ghoṣayātrāṃ viśāṃ pate ||
evaṃ ca tvāṃ pitā rājan samanujñātum arhati ||
tathā kathayamānau tau ghoṣayātrāviniścayam ||
gāndhārarājaḥ śakuniḥ pratyuvāca hasann iva ||
upāyo 'yaṃ mayā dṛṣṭo gamanāya nirāmayaḥ ||
anujñāsyati no rājā codayiṣyati cāpy uta ||
ghoṣā dvaitavane sarve tvatpratīkṣā narādhipa ||
ghoṣayātrāpadeśena gamiṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ ||
tataḥ prahasitāḥ sarve te 'nyonyasya talān daduḥ ||
tad eva ca viniścitya dadṛśuḥ kurusattamam ||
They replied, "So be it," and all went back to their dwellings. When the night had passed, Karna came to the king and, laughing, said to Duryodhana: "A means has been found; hear it, lord of men. All the herdsmen's camps in Dvaitavana are waiting for you, O king; under the pretext of a ghosha-yatra we shall go there without doubt. For it is always fitting for a king to go to the herds, and so your father ought to permit you." As the two of them were thus discussing the decision about the ghosha-yatra, Shakuni, king of Gandhara, said, as though laughing: "This is the means I have found for a harmless journey. The king will permit us, and will even urge us on. All the herdsmen's camps in Dvaitavana are waiting for you, lord of men; under the pretext of a ghosha-yatra we shall go there without doubt." Then they all laughed, clapped each other's palms, and, having settled on just this, went to the best of the Kurus.
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The pretext of the cattle herds is outwardly lawful, but inwardly false. Thus adharma often comes disguised as an ordinary matter of royal business.