महावीरश् च कद्रुश् च निकरस् तुमुलः क्रथः ॥
नीलश् च वीरधर्मा च भूमिपालश् च वीर्यवान् ॥
दुर्जयो दन्तवक्त्रश् च रुक्मी च जनमेजयः ॥
आषाढो वायुवेगश् च पूर्वपाली च पार्थिवः ॥
भूरितेजा देवकश् च एकलव्यस्य चात्मजः ॥
कारूषकाश् च राजानः क्षेमधूर्तिश् च वीर्यवान् ॥
उद्भवः क्षेमकश् चैव वाटधानश् च पार्थिवः ॥
श्रुतायुश् च दृढायुश् च शाल्वपुत्रश् च वीर्यवान् ॥
कुमारश् च कलिङ्गानाम् ईश्वरो युद्धदुर्मदः ॥
एतेषां प्रेष्यतां शीघ्रम् एतद् धि मम रोचते ॥
mahāvīraś ca kadruś ca nikaras tumulaḥ krathaḥ ||
nīlaś ca vīradharmā ca bhūmipālaś ca vīryavān ||
durjayo dantavaktraś ca rukmī ca janamejayaḥ ||
āṣāḍho vāyuvegaś ca pūrvapālī ca pārthivaḥ ||
bhūritejā devakaś ca ekalavyasya cātmajaḥ ||
kārūṣakāś ca rājānaḥ kṣemadhūrtiś ca vīryavān ||
udbhavaḥ kṣemakaś caiva vāṭadhānaś ca pārthivaḥ ||
śrutāyuś ca dṛḍhāyuś ca śālvaputraś ca vīryavān ||
kumāraś ca kaliṅgānām īśvaro yuddhadurmadaḥ ||
eteṣāṃ preṣyatāṃ śīghram etad dhi mama rocate ||
"Send them word quickly. This is what I recommend. And let this priest of mine, a learned brahmin, be sent, O king, to Dhritarashtra. Tell him what words he should speak, and what should be said to Duryodhana; and how Bhishma should be addressed, and how Drona, best of chariot warriors!"
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This passage (5.4.21-25) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already underway against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key theme: war. Dharma here is revealed through speech, the choice of envoys, faithfulness to one's word, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.