अत्र सावर्णिना चैव यवक्रीतात्मजेन च ॥
मर्यादा स्थापिता ब्रह्मन् यां सूर्यो नातिवर्तते ॥
अत्र राक्षसराजेन पौलस्त्येन महात्मना ॥
रावणेन तपश् चीर्त्वा सुरेभ्यो ऽमरता वृता ॥
अत्र वृत्तेन वृत्रो ऽपि शक्रशत्रुत्वम् ईयिवान् ॥
अत्र सर्वासवः प्राप्ताः पुनर् गच्छन्ति पञ्चधा ॥
अत्र दुष्कृतकर्माणो नराः पच्यन्ति गालव ॥
अत्र वैतरणी नाम नदी वितरणैर् वृता ॥
अत्र गत्वा सुखस्यान्तं दुःखस्यान्तं प्रपद्यते ॥
अत्रावृत्तो दिनकरः क्षरते सुरसं पयः ॥
काष्ठां चासाद्य धानिष्ठां हिमम् उत्सृजते पुनः ॥
atra sāvarṇinā caiva yavakrītātmajena ca ||
maryādā sthāpitā brahman yāṃ sūryo nātivartate ||
atra rākṣasarājena paulastyena mahātmanā ||
rāvaṇena tapaś cīrtvā surebhyo 'maratā vṛtā ||
atra vṛttena vṛtro 'pi śakraśatrutvam īyivān ||
atra sarvāsavaḥ prāptāḥ punar gacchanti pañcadhā ||
atra duṣkṛtakarmāṇo narāḥ pacyanti gālava ||
atra vaitaraṇī nāma nadī vitaraṇair vṛtā ||
atra gatvā sukhasyāntaṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ prapadyate ||
atrāvṛtto dinakaraḥ kṣarate surasaṃ payaḥ ||
kāṣṭhāṃ cāsādya dhāniṣṭhāṃ himam utsṛjate punaḥ ||
How then can such a man attain a blessed state? What ungrateful man has ever earned true glory? Indeed, where is his place, and where is his happiness? An ungrateful man can never win respect and affection. Salvation, too, can never be his. He who is deprived of wealth is a wretch of whom it can scarcely be said that he lives at all. Such a wretch will be unable to sustain his kinsmen and friends. Unable to repay the benefits he has received, he is bound to meet ruin. Even I am such a wretch -- ungrateful, destitute, and stained with falsehood -- because, having received the objects I sought from my teacher, I am unable to carry out his command.
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The passage 5.107.11-15 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace is already unfolding against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Here dharma is disclosed through speech, the choice of an embassy, faithfulness to one's promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.