शक्तैर् विजेतुं तरसा महीं च; सत्ये स्थितैस् तच् चरितं यथावत् ॥
पाण्डोः सुतैस् तद् व्रतम् उग्ररूपं; वर्षाणि षट् सप्त च भारताग्र्यैः ॥
त्रयोदशश् चैव सुदुस्तरो ऽयम्; अज्ञायमानैर् भवतां समीपे ॥
क्लेशान् असह्यांश् च तितिक्षमाणैर्; यथोषितं तद् विदितं च सर्वम् ॥
एवं गते धर्मसुतस्य राज्ञो; दुर्योधनस्यापि च यद् धितं स्यात् ॥
तच् चिन्तयध्वं कुरुपाण्डवानां; धर्म्यं च युक्तं च यशस्करं च ॥
अधर्मयुक्तं च न कामयेत; राज्यं सुराणाम् अपि धर्मराजः ॥
धर्मार्थयुक्तं च महीपतित्वं; ग्रामे ऽपि कस्मिंश् चिद् अयं बुभूषेत् ॥
पित्र्यं हि राज्यं विदितं नृपाणां; यथापकृष्टं धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रैः ॥
मिथ्योपचारेण तथाप्य् अनेन; कृच्छ्रं महत् प्राप्तम् असह्यरूपम् ॥
śaktair vijetuṃ tarasā mahīṃ ca; satye sthitais tac caritaṃ yathāvat ||
pāṇḍoḥ sutais tad vratam ugrarūpaṃ; varṣāṇi ṣaṭ sapta ca bhāratāgryaiḥ ||
trayodaśaś caiva sudustaro 'yam; ajñāyamānair bhavatāṃ samīpe ||
kleśān asahyāṃś ca titikṣamāṇair; yathoṣitaṃ tad viditaṃ ca sarvam ||
evaṃ gate dharmasutasya rājño; duryodhanasyāpi ca yad dhitaṃ syāt ||
tac cintayadhvaṃ kurupāṇḍavānāṃ; dharmyaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca yaśaskaraṃ ca ||
adharmayuktaṃ ca na kāmayeta; rājyaṃ surāṇām api dharmarājaḥ ||
dharmārthayuktaṃ ca mahīpatitvaṃ; grāme 'pi kasmiṃś cid ayaṃ bubhūṣet ||
pitryaṃ hi rājyaṃ viditaṃ nṛpāṇāṃ; yathāpakṛṣṭaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraputraiḥ ||
mithyopacāreṇa tathāpy anena; kṛcchraṃ mahat prāptam asahyarūpam ||
And this last, the thirteenth year, they had to endure with extreme hardship. Yet, recognized by no one, they passed through it, as you know, bearing all manner of unbearable trials. This is known to all of you. These illustrious men spent the thirteenth year in the service of others. If this is so, you ought to consider what would be for the good of both Yudhishthira and Duryodhana, and what, with regard to the Kurus and the Pandavas, would accord with the rules of righteousness and propriety and meet with everyone's approval. The virtuous King Yudhishthira would not unrighteously desire even the kingdom of heaven. But he would righteously accept dominion even over a single village. How the sons of Dhritarashtra deceitfully took his ancestral kingdom from him, and how he lived a life full of unbearable hardship, is known to all the kings gathered here. The sons of Dhritarashtra are not able to overpower Arjuna, son of Pritha, by force. Nevertheless, King Yudhishthira and his friends desire nothing but the good of the son of Dhritarashtra.
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This passage (5.1.11-15) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace is already underway against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: the Pandavas, Duryodhana, Dhritarashtra, dharma. Here dharma reveals itself through speech, the choice of an envoy, faithfulness to promises, and the kings' responsibility for the consequences of their decisions.