विचेरुः संप्रहर्षं च नाभ्यगच्छन् महातपाः ॥
इन्द्रियाणि वशे कृत्वा पूर्णसागरसंनिभः ॥
तास् तु यत्नं परं कृत्वा पुनः शक्रम् उपस्थिताः ॥
कृताञ्जलिपुटाः सर्वा देवराजम् अथाब्रुवन् ॥
न स शक्यः सुदुर्धर्षो धैर्याच् चालयितुं प्रभो ॥
यत् ते कार्यं महाभाग क्रियतां तदनन्तरम् ॥
संपूज्याप्सरसः शक्रो विसृज्य च महामतिः ॥
चिन्तयाम् आस तस्यैव वधोपायं महात्मनः ॥
स तूष्णीं चिन्तयन् वीरो देवराजः प्रतापवान् ॥
विनिश्चितमतिर् धीमान् वधे त्रिशिरसो ऽभवत् ॥
viceruḥ saṃpraharṣaṃ ca nābhyagacchan mahātapāḥ ||
indriyāṇi vaśe kṛtvā pūrṇasāgarasaṃnibhaḥ ||
tās tu yatnaṃ paraṃ kṛtvā punaḥ śakram upasthitāḥ ||
kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ sarvā devarājam athābruvan ||
na sa śakyaḥ sudurdharṣo dhairyāc cālayituṃ prabho ||
yat te kāryaṃ mahābhāga kriyatāṃ tadanantaram ||
saṃpūjyāpsarasaḥ śakro visṛjya ca mahāmatiḥ ||
cintayām āsa tasyaiva vadhopāyaṃ mahātmanaḥ ||
sa tūṣṇīṃ cintayan vīro devarājaḥ pratāpavān ||
viniścitamatir dhīmān vadhe triśiraso 'bhavat ||
But he, though gazing upon them, engaged in exceedingly severe austerities, and desire did not touch him. By his subdued senses he was like an ocean brimming to its shores in its depth. And the nymphs, having exerted every effort, returned to Indra. And all of them, with joined hands, addressed the lord of the gods, saying: 'O, this unassailable being cannot be shaken by us. O most gifted one, do now whatever may seem fitting to you.' The wise Indra honored the nymphs and then dismissed them, pondering, O Yudhishthira, solely on other means of destroying his enemy. And, endowed with intelligence, he devised a way to destroy the three-headed being. And he said: 'Let me strike him today with my thunderbolt. Thus he shall quickly be slain. Even a powerful man must not disregard a rising enemy, however contemptible he may be.'
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The passage 5.9.16-20 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already underway against the backdrop of an inevitable 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.