संशये तु महत्य् अस्मिन् किं नु मे क्षमम् उत्तमम् ॥
विनाशं ह्य् एव पश्यामि कुरूणाम् अनुचिन्तयन् ॥
द्यूतप्रमुखम् आभाति कुरूणां व्यसनं महत् ॥
मन्देनैश्वर्यकामेन लोभात् पापम् इदं कृतम् ॥
मन्ये पर्यायधर्मो ऽयं कालस्यात्यन्तगामिनः ॥
चक्रे प्रधिर् इवासक्तो नास्य शक्यं पलायितुम् ॥
किं नु कार्यं कथं कुर्यां क्व नु गच्छामि संजय ॥
एते नश्यन्ति कुरवो मन्दाः कालवशं गताः ॥
अवशो ऽहं पुरा तात पुत्राणां निहते शते ॥
श्रोष्यामि निनदं स्त्रीणां कथं मां मरणं स्पृशेत् ॥
saṃśaye tu mahaty asmin kiṃ nu me kṣamam uttamam ||
vināśaṃ hy eva paśyāmi kurūṇām anucintayan ||
dyūtapramukham ābhāti kurūṇāṃ vyasanaṃ mahat ||
mandenaiśvaryakāmena lobhāt pāpam idaṃ kṛtam ||
manye paryāyadharmo 'yaṃ kālasyātyantagāminaḥ ||
cakre pradhir ivāsakto nāsya śakyaṃ palāyitum ||
kiṃ nu kāryaṃ kathaṃ kuryāṃ kva nu gacchāmi saṃjaya ||
ete naśyanti kuravo mandāḥ kālavaśaṃ gatāḥ ||
avaśo 'haṃ purā tāta putrāṇāṃ nihate śate ||
śroṣyāmi ninadaṃ strīṇāṃ kathaṃ māṃ maraṇaṃ spṛśet ||
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 5.50.56-60 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace unfolds against the backdrop of an already inevitable war. Key theme: Sanjaya. 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.