ते राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य सामात्यस्य महारथाः ॥
वैरं प्रतिकरिष्यन्ति कुलोच्छेदेन पाण्डवाः ॥
ततो द्रोणो ऽब्रवीद् भीष्मः कृपो द्रौणिश् च भारत ॥
मत्वा मां महतीं चिन्ताम् आस्थितं व्यथितेन्द्रियम् ॥
अभिद्रुग्धाः परे चेन् नो न भेतव्यं परंतप ॥
असमर्थाः परे जेतुम् अस्मान् युधि जनेश्वर ॥
एकैकशः समर्थाः स्मो विजेतुं सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥
आगच्छन्तु विनेष्यामो दर्पम् एषां शितैः शरैः ॥
पुरैकेन हि भीष्मेण विजिताः सर्वपार्थिवाः ॥
मृते पितर्य् अभिक्रुद्धो रथेनैकेन भारत ॥
te rājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya sāmātyasya mahārathāḥ ||
vairaṃ pratikariṣyanti kulocchedena pāṇḍavāḥ ||
tato droṇo 'bravīd bhīṣmaḥ kṛpo drauṇiś ca bhārata ||
matvā māṃ mahatīṃ cintām āsthitaṃ vyathitendriyam ||
abhidrugdhāḥ pare cen no na bhetavyaṃ paraṃtapa ||
asamarthāḥ pare jetum asmān yudhi janeśvara ||
ekaikaśaḥ samarthāḥ smo vijetuṃ sarvapārthivān ||
āgacchantu vineṣyāmo darpam eṣāṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
puraikena hi bhīṣmeṇa vijitāḥ sarvapārthivāḥ ||
mṛte pitary abhikruddho rathenaikena bhārata ||
But you could not have foreseen the inevitable fall then. The land of the Kurus, including the region called Jangala, is, O king, your ancestral kingdom. Yet with the help of these heroes you conquered the whole earth. Having conquered it by the strength of their arms, the sons of Pritha delivered this vast empire to you.
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The fragment 5.54.16-20 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already underway against the background of an inevitable war. Key themes: the Pandavas, Dhritarashtra, Bhishma. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.