संजय उवाच
यथार्हसे पाण्डव तत् तथैव; कुरून् कुरुश्रेष्ठ जनं च पृच्छसि ॥
अनामयास् तात मनस्विनस् ते; कुरुश्रेष्ठान् पृच्छसि पार्थ यांस् त्वम् ॥
सन्त्य् एव वृद्धाः साधवो धार्तराष्ट्रे; सन्त्य् एव पापाः पाण्डव तस्य विद्धि ॥
दद्याद् रिपोश् चापि हि धार्तराष्ट्रः; कुतो दायांल् लोपयेद् ब्राह्मणानाम् ॥
यद् युष्माकं वर्तते ऽसौ न धर्म्यम्; अद्रुग्धेषु द्रुग्धवत् तन् न साधु ॥
मित्रध्रुक् स्याद् धृतराष्ट्रः सपुत्रो; युष्मान् द्विषन् साधुवृत्तान् असाधुः ॥
न चानुजानाति भृशं च तप्यते; शोचत्य् अन्तः स्थविरो ऽजातशत्रो ॥
शृणोति हि ब्राह्मणानां समेत्य; मित्रद्रोहः पातकेभ्यो गरीयान् ॥
स्मरन्ति तुभ्यं नरदेव संगमे; युद्धे च जिष्णोश् च युधां प्रणेतुः ॥
समुत्कृष्टे दुन्दुभिशङ्खशब्दे; गदापाणिं भीमसेनं स्मरन्ति ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
yathārhase pāṇḍava tat tathaiva; kurūn kuruśreṣṭha janaṃ ca pṛcchasi ||
anāmayās tāta manasvinas te; kuruśreṣṭhān pṛcchasi pārtha yāṃs tvam ||
santy eva vṛddhāḥ sādhavo dhārtarāṣṭre; santy eva pāpāḥ pāṇḍava tasya viddhi ||
dadyād ripoś cāpi hi dhārtarāṣṭraḥ; kuto dāyāṃl lopayed brāhmaṇānām ||
yad yuṣmākaṃ vartate 'sau na dharmyam; adrugdheṣu drugdhavat tan na sādhu ||
mitradhruk syād dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saputro; yuṣmān dviṣan sādhuvṛttān asādhuḥ ||
na cānujānāti bhṛśaṃ ca tapyate; śocaty antaḥ sthaviro 'jātaśatro ||
śṛṇoti hi brāhmaṇānāṃ sametya; mitradrohaḥ pātakebhyo garīyān ||
smaranti tubhyaṃ naradeva saṃgame; yuddhe ca jiṣṇoś ca yudhāṃ praṇetuḥ ||
samutkṛṣṭe dundubhiśaṅkhaśabde; gadāpāṇiṃ bhīmasenaṃ smaranti ||
Sanjaya said: 'It is exactly as you say, O son of Pandu! Do you ask after the well-being of the Kurus and the best among them? Free from all illness and possessed of excellent spirit are those foremost of the Kauravas about whom you inquire, O son of Pritha. Know, O son of Pandu, that there are without doubt righteous elders among them, and there are also men who are sinful and wicked toward the son of Dhritarashtra. The son of Dhritarashtra would give gifts even to his enemies; therefore it is unlikely that he would take away offerings made to brahmanas. Among you kshatriyas it is customary to follow a rule fit for butchers, which drives you to harm those who bear you no ill will; but Dhritarashtra together with his sons would be guilty of the sin of fomenting discord among kinsmen were he, like a wicked man, to bear such a thing. He does not sanction this affront done to you; he grieves over it deeply; he sorrows within his heart -- an old man -- O Yudhishthira -- for, in conversing with brahmanas, he has learned that sowing discord among kin is the gravest of all sins. They remember your valor on the battlefield, and the valor of Arjuna who led it. They remember Bhimasena, mace in hand, when the sound of kettledrum and conch rose to its height.'
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This passage (5.24.1-5) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds even as war draws inevitably near. Key themes: the Pandavas, Dhritarashtra, Sanjaya, war. Here dharma reveals itself through speech, through the choice of an embassy, through fidelity to one's word, and through the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.