नगमेघप्रतीकाशां ज्वलन्तीम् इव तेजसा ॥
महेन्द्रसदनप्रख्यां प्रविवेश सभां ततः ॥
पाणौ गृहीत्वा विदुरं सात्यकिं च महायशाः ॥
ज्योतींष्य् आदित्यवद् राजन् कुरून् प्रच्छादयञ् श्रिया ॥
अग्रतो वासुदेवस्य कर्णदुर्योधनाव् उभौ ॥
वृष्णयः कृतवर्मा च आसन् कृष्णस्य पृष्ठतः ॥
धृतराष्ट्रं पुरस्कृत्य भीष्मद्रोणादयस् ततः ॥
आसनेभ्यो ऽचलन् सर्वे पूजयन्तो जनार्दनम् ॥
अभ्यागच्छति दाशार्हे प्रज्ञाचक्षुर् महामनाः ॥
सहैव भीष्मद्रोणाभ्याम् उदतिष्ठन् महायशाः ॥
nagameghapratīkāśāṃ jvalantīm iva tejasā ||
mahendrasadanaprakhyāṃ praviveśa sabhāṃ tataḥ ||
pāṇau gṛhītvā viduraṃ sātyakiṃ ca mahāyaśāḥ ||
jyotīṃṣy ādityavad rājan kurūn pracchādayañ śriyā ||
agrato vāsudevasya karṇaduryodhanāv ubhau ||
vṛṣṇayaḥ kṛtavarmā ca āsan kṛṣṇasya pṛṣṭhataḥ ||
dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ puraskṛtya bhīṣmadroṇādayas tataḥ ||
āsanebhyo 'calan sarve pūjayanto janārdanam ||
abhyāgacchati dāśārhe prajñācakṣur mahāmanāḥ ||
sahaiva bhīṣmadroṇābhyām udatiṣṭhan mahāyaśāḥ ||
However effective your words may be, they will prove useless for men inspired by such conviction and ever following the impulses of lust and anger. Surrounded by his ranks of elephants and his army of chariots and heroic infantry, the foolish and wicked Duryodhana, having cast off all fear, believes that the whole earth is already subdued by him. Indeed, the son of Dhritarashtra covets a vast empire on earth with no rival. Peace with him is therefore unattainable.
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This fragment (5.92.31-35) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace is already underway against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: Krishna, Duryodhana, Dhritarashtra, Vidura, Karna, Bhishma. Here dharma is revealed through speech, the choice of embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.