आक्रोशपरिवादाभ्यां विहिंसन्त्य् अबुधा बुधान् ॥
वक्ता पापम् उपादत्ते क्षममाणो विमुच्यते ॥
हिंसा बलम् असाधूनां राज्ञां दण्डविधिर् बलम् ॥
शुश्रूषा तु बलं स्त्रीणां क्षमा गुणवतां बलम् ॥
वाक्संयमो हि नृपते सुदुष्करतमो मतः ॥
अर्थवच् च विचित्रं च न शक्यं बहु भाषितुम् ॥
अभ्यावहति कल्याणं विविधा वाक् सुभाषिता ॥
सैव दुर्भाषिता राजन्न् अनर्थायोपपद्यते ॥
संरोहति शरैर् विद्धं वनं परशुना हतम् ॥
वाचा दुरुक्तं बीभत्सं न संरोहति वाक्क्षतम् ॥
ākrośaparivādābhyāṃ vihiṃsanty abudhā budhān ||
vaktā pāpam upādatte kṣamamāṇo vimucyate ||
hiṃsā balam asādhūnāṃ rājñāṃ daṇḍavidhir balam ||
śuśrūṣā tu balaṃ strīṇāṃ kṣamā guṇavatāṃ balam ||
vāksaṃyamo hi nṛpate suduṣkaratamo mataḥ ||
arthavac ca vicitraṃ ca na śakyaṃ bahu bhāṣitum ||
abhyāvahati kalyāṇaṃ vividhā vāk subhāṣitā ||
saiva durbhāṣitā rājann anarthāyopapadyate ||
saṃrohati śarair viddhaṃ vanaṃ paraśunā hatam ||
vācā duruktaṃ bībhatsaṃ na saṃrohati vākkṣatam ||
Endowed with all auspicious marks and worthy to rule the three worlds, Yudhishthira is obedient to your commands. Let him, O Dhritarashtra, rule the earth, to the exclusion of all your sons. Yudhishthira is the best of all your heirs. Endowed with energy and wisdom, versed in the truths of religion and gain, Yudhishthira, the greatest among the righteous, O king of kings, has endured much suffering out of kindness and compassion, in order to preserve his good name.
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The passage 5.34.71-75 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds against the backdrop of an already inevitable war. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of an envoy, fidelity to promises, and the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.