आददानस्य शस्त्रं हि क्षत्रधर्मं परीप्सतः ॥
निधनं ब्राह्मणस्याजौ वरम् एवाहुर् उत्तमम् ॥
स वै शोचामि सर्वान् वै ये युयुत्सन्ति पाण्डवान् ॥
विक्रुष्टं विदुरेणादौ तद् एतद् भयम् आगतम् ॥
न तु मन्ये विघाताय ज्ञानं दुःखस्य संजय ॥
भवत्य् अतिबले ह्य् एतज् ज्ञानम् अप्य् उपघातकम् ॥
ऋषयो ह्य् अपि निर्मुक्ताः पश्यन्तो लोकसंग्रहान् ॥
सुखे भवन्ति सुखिनस् तथा दुःखेन दुःखिताः ॥
किं पुनर् यो ऽहम् आसक्तस् तत्र तत्र सहस्रधा ॥
पुत्रेषु राज्यदारेषु पौत्रेष्व् अपि च बन्धुषु ॥
ādadānasya śastraṃ hi kṣatradharmaṃ parīpsataḥ ||
nidhanaṃ brāhmaṇasyājau varam evāhur uttamam ||
sa vai śocāmi sarvān vai ye yuyutsanti pāṇḍavān ||
vikruṣṭaṃ vidureṇādau tad etad bhayam āgatam ||
na tu manye vighātāya jñānaṃ duḥkhasya saṃjaya ||
bhavaty atibale hy etaj jñānam apy upaghātakam ||
ṛṣayo hy api nirmuktāḥ paśyanto lokasaṃgrahān ||
sukhe bhavanti sukhinas tathā duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ ||
kiṃ punar yo 'ham āsaktas tatra tatra sahasradhā ||
putreṣu rājyadāreṣu pautreṣv api ca bandhuṣu ||
He who is the refuge of the Pandavas, as Vasava is of the gods — together with this Vasudeva, the Pandavas will fight against you. He too, O bull of the Bharata race — Sarabha, the brother of the king of Chedi, who has again joined with Karakarsha — together with both Pandavas will fight against you. Sahadeva, son of Jarasandha, and Jayasena, unsurpassed heroes in battle, are resolved to fight on the side of the Pandavas. And Drupada, endowed with great strength, accompanied by a large army and reckless of his own life, has resolved to fight on the side of the Pandavas. Relying on these and other kings of the eastern and northern lands, King Yudhishthira the Just prepares for battle.
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The fragment 5.50.51-55 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace unfolds against the backdrop of an already inevitable war. Key themes: the Pandavas, Sanjaya, Vidura, dharma. Here dharma reveals itself through speech, the choice of an embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.