नाहं सहायः पार्थानां नापि दुर्योधनस्य वै ॥
इति मे निश्चिता बुद्दिर् वासुदेवम् अवेक्ष्य ह ॥
जातो ऽसि भारते वंशे सर्वपार्थिवपूजिते ॥
गच्छ युध्यस्व धर्मेण क्षात्रेण भरतर्षभ ॥
इत्य् एवम् उक्तः स तदा परिष्वज्य हलायुधम् ॥
कृष्णं चापहृतं ज्ञात्वा युद्धान् मेने जितं जयम् ॥
सो ऽभ्ययात् कृतवर्माणं धृतराष्ट्रसुतो नृपः ॥
कृतवर्मा ददौ तस्य सेनाम् अक्षौहिणीं तदा ॥
स तेन सर्वसैन्येन भीमेन कुरुनन्दनः ॥
वृतः प्रतिययौ हृष्टः सुहृदः संप्रहर्षयन् ॥
nāhaṃ sahāyaḥ pārthānāṃ nāpi duryodhanasya vai ||
iti me niścitā buddir vāsudevam avekṣya ha ||
jāto 'si bhārate vaṃśe sarvapārthivapūjite ||
gaccha yudhyasva dharmeṇa kṣātreṇa bharatarṣabha ||
ity evam uktaḥ sa tadā pariṣvajya halāyudham ||
kṛṣṇaṃ cāpahṛtaṃ jñātvā yuddhān mene jitaṃ jayam ||
so 'bhyayāt kṛtavarmāṇaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasuto nṛpaḥ ||
kṛtavarmā dadau tasya senām akṣauhiṇīṃ tadā ||
sa tena sarvasainyena bhīmena kurunandanaḥ ||
vṛtaḥ pratiyayau hṛṣṭaḥ suhṛdaḥ saṃpraharṣayan ||
'O delight of the Kuru race, for your sake I then contended with Krishna and spoke against his view. Again and again I hinted at the equal footing of our relations with both sides. But Krishna did not accept the position I then advanced; and I cannot separate myself from Krishna for even a moment. And since I cannot act against Krishna, this too is my resolve: that I will fight neither for the sons of Kunti nor for you. And, O bull of Bharata, born into the race of Bharata honored by all kings, go and fight in accordance with the rules of propriety.' Vaishampayana continued: 'Thus Duryodhana embraced this hero armed with a plow in place of a weapon of war, and though he knew Krishna had been taken from him, he still considered Arjuna already defeated.'
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This passage (5.7.26-30) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds already against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: Krishna, Duryodhana, Dhritarashtra, war. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of envoys, fidelity to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.