एष पारे समुद्रस्य हिरण्यपुरम् आरुजत् ॥
हत्वा षष्टिसहस्राणि निवातकवचान् रणे ॥
एष देवान् सहेन्द्रेण जित्वा परपुरंजयः ॥
अतर्पयन् महाबाहुर् अर्जुनो जातवेदसम् ॥
नारायणस् तथैवात्र भूयसो ऽन्याञ् जघान ह ॥
एवम् एतौ महावीर्यौ तौ पश्यत समागतौ ॥
वासुदेवार्जुनौ वीरौ समवेतौ महारथौ ॥
नरनारायणौ देवौ पूर्वदेवाव् इति श्रुतिः ॥
अजेयौ मानुषे लोके सेन्द्रैर् अपि सुरासुरैः ॥
एष नारायणः कृष्णः फल्गुनस् तु नरः स्मृतः ॥
नारायणो नरश् चैव सत्त्वम् एकं द्विधाकृतम् ॥
eṣa pāre samudrasya hiraṇyapuram ārujat ||
hatvā ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi nivātakavacān raṇe ||
eṣa devān sahendreṇa jitvā parapuraṃjayaḥ ||
atarpayan mahābāhur arjuno jātavedasam ||
nārāyaṇas tathaivātra bhūyaso 'nyāñ jaghāna ha ||
evam etau mahāvīryau tau paśyata samāgatau ||
vāsudevārjunau vīrau samavetau mahārathau ||
naranārāyaṇau devau pūrvadevāv iti śrutiḥ ||
ajeyau mānuṣe loke sendrair api surāsuraiḥ ||
eṣa nārāyaṇaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ phalgunas tu naraḥ smṛtaḥ ||
nārāyaṇo naraś caiva sattvam ekaṃ dvidhākṛtam ||
When the young Prabhadrakas, endowed with great vigor, skilled in battle and possessed of the energy of lions, overthrow the sons of Dhritarashtra together with their whole army, then Duryodhana will repent of this war. When these veteran warriors on their chariots, Virata and Drupada, at the head of their divisions, fall upon the sons of Dhritarashtra and their ranks, then Duryodhana will repent of this war. When Drupada, skilled in the use of weapons, seated on his chariot, wishing to sever the heads of the young warriors, strikes them in fury with arrows loosed from his bow, then the son of Dhritarashtra will repent of this war. When that slayer of hostile heroes, Virata, penetrates the enemy's ranks, crushing everything in his path with the aid of his cool-headed Matsya warriors, then the son of Dhritarashtra will repent of this war. When he beholds, in the very forefront, the eldest son of the king of the Matsyas, cool and composed, seated on his chariot and clad in armor on behalf of the Pandavas, then the son of Dhritarashtra will repent of this war. Truly I tell you that when Shikhandin, greatest of the heroes of the Kauravas, the virtuous son of Shantanu, is slain in battle, then all our enemies will without doubt perish. Indeed, when, having overthrown many chariot-warriors, Shikhandin, seated upon his well-guarded chariot, advances toward Bhishma, crushing a multitude of hostile chariots with his mighty horses, then the son of Dhritarashtra will repent of this war. When he beholds Dhrishtadyumna, to whom Drona imparted all the secrets of the science of arms, standing in splendor in the very vanguard of the Srinjaya ranks, then the son of Dhritarashtra will repent. Indeed, when the leader of the Pandava army, possessed of immeasurable valor and able to withstand the onset of any force, continues to assail Drona in battle, crushing the ranks of Dhritarashtra with his arrows, then Duryodhana will repent of this war. What enemy could stand against one who fights in the vanguard beside this lion of the Vrishni race, this leader of the Somakas, who is modest and wise, mighty and endowed with great energy, and blessed with every kind of prosperity? Say also this to him (Duryodhana): do not covet the kingdom. We have chosen as our leader the fearless and mighty chariot-warrior Satyaki, grandson of Sini, skilled in the use of weapons and having none on earth equal to him.
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The fragment 5.48.16-20 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already unfolding against the backdrop of an unavoidable war. Key themes: Krishna. Here dharma is revealed through speech, the choice of envoys, faithfulness to one's word, and the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.