स कृत्वा पाण्डवान् सत्रं लोकं संमोहयन्न् इव ॥
अधर्मनिरतान् मूढान् दग्धुम् इच्छति ते सुतान् ॥
कालचक्रं जगच्चक्रं युगचक्रं च केशवः ॥
आत्मयोगेन भगवान् परिवर्तयते ऽनिशम् ॥
कालस्य च हि मृत्योश् च जङ्गमस्थावरस्य च ॥
ईशते भगवान् एकः सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीमि ते ॥
ईशन्न् अपि महायोगी सर्वस्य जगतो हरिः ॥
कर्माण्य् आरभते कर्तुं कीनाश इव दुर्बलः ॥
तेन वञ्चयते लोकान् मायायोगेन केशवः ॥
ये तम् एव प्रपद्यन्ते न ते मुह्यन्ति मानवाः ॥
sa kṛtvā pāṇḍavān satraṃ lokaṃ saṃmohayann iva ||
adharmaniratān mūḍhān dagdhum icchati te sutān ||
kālacakraṃ jagaccakraṃ yugacakraṃ ca keśavaḥ ||
ātmayogena bhagavān parivartayate 'niśam ||
kālasya ca hi mṛtyoś ca jaṅgamasthāvarasya ca ||
īśate bhagavān ekaḥ satyam etad bravīmi te ||
īśann api mahāyogī sarvasya jagato hariḥ ||
karmāṇy ārabhate kartuṃ kīnāśa iva durbalaḥ ||
tena vañcayate lokān māyāyogena keśavaḥ ||
ye tam eva prapadyante na te muhyanti mānavāḥ ||
And say this also from me to these kings: 'Strive together so that you need not pour libations into the blazing fire of the great sacrifice of battle, in which the rumble of chariot wheels will sound as the mantra, and the bow that marshals the ranks will serve as the ladle. If you truly do not restore to Yudhishthira, slayer of foes, the share of the kingdom he has asked back, then with my arrows I shall send you all, together with your cavalry, infantry, and elephants, to the grim regions of the departed spirits.' Then, having taken leave of Dhananjaya and the four-armed Hari, and having bowed to them both, I came here with the greatest speed to deliver to you these words of grave importance, O you who are endowed with a splendor equal to that of the gods themselves.
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This passage (5.66.11-15) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds even as war draws inescapably near. Key themes: the Pandavas, dharma. Dharma here reveals itself through speech, the choice of an embassy, faithfulness to one's word, and the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.