वैशंपायन उवाच
एवं सनत्सुजातेन विदुरेण च धीमता ॥
सार्धं कथयतो राज्ञः सा व्यतीयाय शर्वरी ॥
तस्यां रजन्यां व्युष्टायां राजानः सर्व एव ते ॥
सभाम् आविविशुर् हृष्टाः सूतस्योपदिदृक्षया ॥
शुश्रूषमाणाः पार्थानां वचो धर्मार्थसंहितम् ॥
धृतराष्ट्रमुखाः सर्वे ययू राजसभां शुभाम् ॥
सुधावदातां विस्तीर्णां कनकाजिरभूषिताम् ॥
चन्द्रप्रभां सुरुचिरां सिक्तां परमवारिणा ॥
रुचिरैर् आसनैः स्तीर्णां काञ्चनैर् दारवैर् अपि ॥
अश्मसारमयैर् दान्तैः स्वास्तीर्णैः सोत्तरच्छदैः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
evaṃ sanatsujātena vidureṇa ca dhīmatā ||
sārdhaṃ kathayato rājñaḥ sā vyatīyāya śarvarī ||
tasyāṃ rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ rājānaḥ sarva eva te ||
sabhām āviviśur hṛṣṭāḥ sūtasyopadidṛkṣayā ||
śuśrūṣamāṇāḥ pārthānāṃ vaco dharmārthasaṃhitam ||
dhṛtarāṣṭramukhāḥ sarve yayū rājasabhāṃ śubhām ||
sudhāvadātāṃ vistīrṇāṃ kanakājirabhūṣitām ||
candraprabhāṃ surucirāṃ siktāṃ paramavāriṇā ||
rucirair āsanaiḥ stīrṇāṃ kāñcanair dāravair api ||
aśmasāramayair dāntaiḥ svāstīrṇaiḥ sottaracchadaiḥ ||
Sanatsujata said: 'The Primal Seed (of the universe), called Mahayasa, is free from contingencies, is pure Knowledge, and shines with radiance. It governs the senses, and it is by virtue of this Seed that Surya shines. This Eternal One, endowed with Divinity, is beheld by yogis (with their mind's eye). It is by virtue of this Seed (which is the Self of Bliss) that Brahman becomes capable of Creation, and it is through it that Brahman increases in expansion. This is the Seed which, entering into luminous bodies, gives light and heat. Drawing its light and heat from nothing else, it is self-luminous and is an object of awe to all luminous bodies. The Eternal One, endowed with Divinity, is beheld by yogis (with their mind's eye). The latter, in turn, arising in one homogeneous substance called Brahman, is sustained (realized) in consciousness both by the Soul-being endowed with life and by Ishvara (these two, during sleep and universal dissolution, are devoid of consciousness), by yogis (with their mind's eye). The Seed sustains the two gods, Earth and Heaven, the Directions, and the whole Universe. It is from this Seed that the directions (the points of the compass) and the rivers arise, and the boundless seas also take their origin from it. The Eternal One, endowed with Divinity, is beheld by yogis (with their mind's eye). The wheels of this chariot (which represent the deeds of past lives), the senses, which are like horses, lead the man of wisdom through the field of consciousness to the Uncreated and Unchanging One; Him, who is endowed with Divinity, the yogis behold (with their mind's eye). The death of the Eternal One, endowed with Divinity, is seen by yogis (with their mind's eye). The stream of illusion is guarded by the gods; it bears twelve fruits. Drinking its waters and beholding the many sweet things within it, people swim to and fro upon it. This Eternal One, endowed with Divinity, is beheld by yogis (with their mind's eye). The Soul-being, reflected, enjoys (in the world beyond) only half the fruits of its deeds.'
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The fragment 5.46.1-5 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace already unfolds against the backdrop of inevitable war. Key themes: Dhritarashtra, Vidura. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of envoys, fidelity to promises, and the kings' responsibility for the consequences of their decisions.