वैशंपायन उवाच
गते द्वारवतीं कृष्णे बलदेवे च माधवे ॥
सह वृष्ण्यन्धकैः सर्वैर् भोजैश् च शतशस् तथा ॥
सर्वम् आगमयाम् आस पाण्डवानां विचेष्टितम् ॥
धृतराष्ट्रात्मजो राजा दूतैः प्रणिहितैश् चरैः ॥
स श्रुत्वा माधवं यातं सदश्वैर् अनिलोपमैः ॥
बलेन नातिमहता द्वारकाम् अभ्ययात् पुरीम् ॥
तम् एव दिवसं चापि कौन्तेयः पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥
आनर्तनगरीं रम्यां जगामाशु धनंजयः ॥
तौ यात्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रौ द्वारकां कुरुनन्दनौ ॥
सुप्तं ददृशतुः कृष्णं शयानं चोपजग्मतुः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
gate dvāravatīṃ kṛṣṇe baladeve ca mādhave ||
saha vṛṣṇyandhakaiḥ sarvair bhojaiś ca śataśas tathā ||
sarvam āgamayām āsa pāṇḍavānāṃ viceṣṭitam ||
dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajo rājā dūtaiḥ praṇihitaiś caraiḥ ||
sa śrutvā mādhavaṃ yātaṃ sadaśvair anilopamaiḥ ||
balena nātimahatā dvārakām abhyayāt purīm ||
tam eva divasaṃ cāpi kaunteyaḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||
ānartanagarīṃ ramyāṃ jagāmāśu dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
tau yātvā puruṣavyāghrau dvārakāṃ kurunandanau ||
suptaṃ dadṛśatuḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śayānaṃ copajagmatuḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: 'Having sent the priest to the city named for the elephant, they dispatched envoys to the kings of various lands. And having sent envoys elsewhere, the hero of the Kurus, Dhananjaya — that bull among men and son of Kunti — himself set out for Dvaraka. And after Krishna and Baladeva, descendants of Madhu, had both departed for Dvaraka together with all the Vrishnis, Andhakas, and hundreds of Bhojas, the royal son of Dhritarashtra, having sent forth secret messengers, kept himself informed of all the doings of the Pandavas. And learning that Krishna was already on his way, the prince set out for the city of Dvaraka on fine horses swift as the wind, taking with him a small number of troops.'
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This passage (5.7.1-5) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds already against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: Krishna, the Pandavas, Dhritarashtra. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of envoys, fidelity to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.