चेकितानः सोमदत्तं द्वैरथे योद्धुम् इच्छति ॥
भोजं तु कृतवर्माणं युयुधानो युयुत्सति ॥
सहदेवस् तु माद्रेयः शूरः संक्रन्दनो युधि ॥
स्वम् अंशं कल्पयाम् आस श्यालं ते सुबलात्मजम् ॥
उलूकं चापि कैतव्यं ये च सारस्वता गणाः ॥
नकुलः कल्पयाम् आस भागं माद्रवतीसुतः ॥
ये चान्ये पार्थिवा राजन् प्रत्युद्यास्यन्ति संयुगे ॥
समाह्वानेन तांश् चापि पाण्डुपुत्रा अकल्पयन् ॥
एवम् एषाम् अनीकानि प्रविभक्तानि भागशः ॥
यत् ते कार्यं सपुत्रस्य क्रियतां तद् अकालिकम् ॥
cekitānaḥ somadattaṃ dvairathe yoddhum icchati ||
bhojaṃ tu kṛtavarmāṇaṃ yuyudhāno yuyutsati ||
sahadevas tu mādreyaḥ śūraḥ saṃkrandano yudhi ||
svam aṃśaṃ kalpayām āsa śyālaṃ te subalātmajam ||
ulūkaṃ cāpi kaitavyaṃ ye ca sārasvatā gaṇāḥ ||
nakulaḥ kalpayām āsa bhāgaṃ mādravatīsutaḥ ||
ye cānye pārthivā rājan pratyudyāsyanti saṃyuge ||
samāhvānena tāṃś cāpi pāṇḍuputrā akalpayan ||
evam eṣām anīkāni pravibhaktāni bhāgaśaḥ ||
yat te kāryaṃ saputrasya kriyatāṃ tad akālikam ||
And at Bhimasena’s request, Hanuman, son of the Wind-god, will also place his image upon it. And Bhaumana, in fashioning it, resorted to such illusion that this banner covers an area of one yojana both vertically and laterally, and even if trees stand in its path, its movement cannot be halted.
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This passage (5.56.21-25) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already unfolding against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Dharma reveals itself here through speech, the choice of embassy, fidelity to one's word, and the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.