भीमसेन उवाच
यथा यथैव शान्तिः स्यात् कुरूणां मधुसूदन ॥
तथा तथैव भाषेथा मा स्म युद्धेन भीषयेः ॥
अमर्षी नित्यसंरब्धः श्रेयोद्वेषी महामनाः ॥
नोग्रं दुर्योधनो वाच्यः साम्नैवैनं समाचरेः ॥
प्रकृत्या पापसत्त्वश् च तुल्यचेताश् च दस्युभिः ॥
ऐश्वर्यमदमत्तश् च कृतवैरश् च पाण्डवैः ॥
अदीर्घदर्शी निष्ठूरी क्षेप्ता क्रूरपराक्रमः ॥
दीर्घमन्युर् अनेयश् च पापात्मा निकृतिप्रियः ॥
म्रियेतापि न भज्येत नैव जह्यात् स्वकं मतम् ॥
तादृशेन शमं कृष्ण मन्ये परमदुष्करम् ॥
bhīmasena uvāca
yathā yathaiva śāntiḥ syāt kurūṇāṃ madhusūdana ||
tathā tathaiva bhāṣethā mā sma yuddhena bhīṣayeḥ ||
amarṣī nityasaṃrabdhaḥ śreyodveṣī mahāmanāḥ ||
nograṃ duryodhano vācyaḥ sāmnaivainaṃ samācareḥ ||
prakṛtyā pāpasattvaś ca tulyacetāś ca dasyubhiḥ ||
aiśvaryamadamattaś ca kṛtavairaś ca pāṇḍavaiḥ ||
adīrghadarśī niṣṭhūrī kṣeptā krūraparākramaḥ ||
dīrghamanyur aneyaś ca pāpātmā nikṛtipriyaḥ ||
mriyetāpi na bhajyeta naiva jahyāt svakaṃ matam ||
tādṛśena śamaṃ kṛṣṇa manye paramaduṣkaram ||
Bhima: (Bhagavad-yana Parva) Janamejaya said: 'When good Sanjaya, having left the camp of the Pandavas, returned to the Kurus, what then did my forefathers, the sons of Pandu, do? O best of brahmanas, I wish to hear all of this. Therefore tell it to me.' Vaishampayana said: 'After Sanjaya had gone, Yudhishthira the Just addressed Krishna of the Dashcarha race, that chief of all the Sattvatas, saying: "O you who are devoted to your friends, the time has come for friends to show their friendship. I see no one besides you who could save us in this hour of calamity. Trusting in you, O Madhava, we fearlessly asked Duryodhana to return our share." who is full of boundless pride and, guided by his counselors, O scourge of foes, you protect the Vrishnis in all their calamities — protect now the Pandavas too from great danger, for they deserve your protection.' 'The divine Krishna said: "Here I am, O mighty-armed one. Tell me what you wish to say, for I, O Bharata, shall do all that you tell me." 'Yudhishthira said: "You have heard what the intention of Dhritarashtra and his son is. All that Sanjaya, O Krishna, told me surely has Dhritarashtra's assent. Sanjaya is Dhritarashtra's very soul, and he has spoken his thoughts. A messenger speaks according to his master's instructions, for if he speaks otherwise he deserves death. In his heart Dhritarashtra desires to make peace with us without returning our kingdom. Indeed, by Dhritarashtra's command we spent twelve years in the forest and one more year in hiding, firmly believing, O lord, that Dhritarashtra would faithfully keep his promise to us — which is now well known to the brahmanas who were with us — and would observe the virtues of a kshatriya. Out of attachment to his son, he heeds the counsel of the wicked. Following the advice of Suyodhana, the king, O Janardana, driven by greed and seeking his own advantage, behaves falsely toward us. What could be more grievous, O Janardana, than that I cannot support my mother and my friends? For my allies and for you, O slayer of Madhu, for my protector — I asked only for five villages: Avishthala, Vrikasthala, Makandi, Varanavata, and any other, O Govinda, as a fifth. 'Grant us,' we said, 'five villages or towns, O lord, where we five may live united, for we do not desire the destruction of the Bharatas.' Yet the malicious son of Dhritarashtra will not agree even to this. What could be more grievous than that?"'
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This passage (5.72.1-5) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds already against the backdrop of an unavoidable war. Key themes: Krishna, the Pandavas, Duryodhana, war. Dharma here reveals itself through speech, through the choice of an embassy, through fidelity to one's promises, and through the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.