व्यास उवाच
दयितो ऽसि राजन् कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्र निबोध मे ॥
यस्य ते संजयो दूतो यस् त्वां श्रेयसि योक्ष्यते ॥
जानात्य् एष हृषीकेशं पुराणं यच् च वै नवम् ॥
शुश्रूषमाणम् एकाग्रं मोक्ष्यते महतो भयात् ॥
वैचित्रवीर्य पुरुषाः क्रोधहर्षतमोवृताः ॥
सिता बहुविधैः पाशैर् ये न तुष्टाः स्वकैर् धनैः ॥
यमस्य वशम् आयान्ति काममूढाः पुनः पुनः ॥
अन्धनेत्रा यथैवान्धा नीयमानाः स्वकर्मभिः ॥
एष एकायनः पन्था येन यान्ति मनीषिणः ॥
तं दृष्ट्वा मृत्युम् अत्येति महांस् तत्र न सज्जते ॥
vyāsa uvāca
dayito 'si rājan kṛṣṇasya dhṛtarāṣṭra nibodha me ||
yasya te saṃjayo dūto yas tvāṃ śreyasi yokṣyate ||
jānāty eṣa hṛṣīkeśaṃ purāṇaṃ yac ca vai navam ||
śuśrūṣamāṇam ekāgraṃ mokṣyate mahato bhayāt ||
vaicitravīrya puruṣāḥ krodhaharṣatamovṛtāḥ ||
sitā bahuvidhaiḥ pāśair ye na tuṣṭāḥ svakair dhanaiḥ ||
yamasya vaśam āyānti kāmamūḍhāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||
andhanetrā yathaivāndhā nīyamānāḥ svakarmabhiḥ ||
eṣa ekāyanaḥ panthā yena yānti manīṣiṇaḥ ||
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛtyum atyeti mahāṃs tatra na sajjate ||
'In answer to my question, O Sanjaya, tell me which of the two sides engaged in battle will perish.' Bring here, O Ajamida, your father Vyasa, of exalted vows, and your queen Gandhari. Knowing morality, of keen perception, and able to arrive at the truth, they will dispel any ill feeling you may harbor toward me.
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This fragment (5.67.11-15) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already unfolding against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: Krishna, Dhritarashtra, Sanjaya. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.