तपश् चचार या घोरं काशिकन्या पुरा सती ॥
भीष्मस्य वधम् इच्छन्ती प्रेत्यापि भरतर्षभ ॥
पाञ्चालस्य सुता जज्ञे दैवाच् च स पुनः पुमान् ॥
स्त्रीपुंसोः पुरुषव्याघ्र यः स वेद गुणागुणान् ॥
यः कलिङ्गान् समापेदे पाञ्चालो युद्धदुर्मदः ॥
शिखण्डिना वः कुरवः कृतास्त्रेणाभ्ययुञ्जत ॥
यां यक्षः पुरुषं चक्रे भीष्मस्य निधने किल ॥
महेष्वासेन रौद्रेण पाण्डवा अभ्ययुञ्जत ॥
महेष्वासा राजपुत्रा भ्रातरः पञ्च केकयाः ॥
सुमृष्टकवचाः शूरास् तैश् च वस् ते ऽभ्ययुञ्जत ॥
tapaś cacāra yā ghoraṃ kāśikanyā purā satī ||
bhīṣmasya vadham icchantī pretyāpi bharatarṣabha ||
pāñcālasya sutā jajñe daivāc ca sa punaḥ pumān ||
strīpuṃsoḥ puruṣavyāghra yaḥ sa veda guṇāguṇān ||
yaḥ kaliṅgān samāpede pāñcālo yuddhadurmadaḥ ||
śikhaṇḍinā vaḥ kuravaḥ kṛtāstreṇābhyayuñjata ||
yāṃ yakṣaḥ puruṣaṃ cakre bhīṣmasya nidhane kila ||
maheṣvāsena raudreṇa pāṇḍavā abhyayuñjata ||
maheṣvāsā rājaputrā bhrātaraḥ pañca kekayāḥ ||
sumṛṣṭakavacāḥ śūrās taiś ca vas te 'bhyayuñjata ||
Know that the great calamity about to befall your wicked sons is the doing of this wretched son of a Suta! Relying upon him, your foolish son Suyodhana has insulted these heroes of celestial origin, these chastisers of all foes. What difficult feat performed by this scoundrel before now equals any of those that each of the Pandavas achieved in the past? When, at the city of Virata, he saw his beloved brother slain by Dhananjaya, who displayed such valor, what did this man do then? When Dhananjaya, hurling himself upon all the assembled Kurus, crushed them and stripped them of their garments, was this man not present then? When your son was carried off captive by the Gandharvas at the time of the cattle affair, where was this son of a Suta then, who now roars like a bull?
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This fragment (5.49.31-35) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already underway against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: the Pandavas, Bhishma, war. Here dharma is revealed through speech, the choice of an embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.