ज्ञातीनां चैव भूयिष्ठं मित्राणां च परंतप ॥
शमे शर्म भवेत् तात सर्वस्य जगतस् तथा ॥
ह्रीमान् असि कुले जातः श्रुतवान् अनृशंसवान् ॥
तिष्ठ तात पितुः शास्त्रे मातुश् च भरतर्षभ ॥
एतच् छ्रेयो हि मन्यन्ते पिता यच् छास्ति भारत ॥
उत्तमापद्गतः सर्वः पितुः स्मरति शासनम् ॥
रोचते ते पितुस् तात पाण्डवैः सह संगमः ॥
सामात्यस्य कुरुश्रेष्ठ तत् तुभ्यं तात रोचताम् ॥
श्रुत्वा यः सुहृदां शास्त्रं मर्त्यो न प्रतिपद्यते ॥
विपाकान्ते दहत्य् एनं किंपाकम् इव भक्षितम् ॥
jñātīnāṃ caiva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ mitrāṇāṃ ca paraṃtapa ||
śame śarma bhavet tāta sarvasya jagatas tathā ||
hrīmān asi kule jātaḥ śrutavān anṛśaṃsavān ||
tiṣṭha tāta pituḥ śāstre mātuś ca bharatarṣabha ||
etac chreyo hi manyante pitā yac chāsti bhārata ||
uttamāpadgataḥ sarvaḥ pituḥ smarati śāsanam ||
rocate te pitus tāta pāṇḍavaiḥ saha saṃgamaḥ ||
sāmātyasya kuruśreṣṭha tat tubhyaṃ tāta rocatām ||
śrutvā yaḥ suhṛdāṃ śāstraṃ martyo na pratipadyate ||
vipākānte dahaty enaṃ kiṃpākam iva bhakṣitam ||
"And peace will bring happiness, child, to most of your kinsmen and friends, O scorcher of foes, as it will to the whole world. You are modest, born in a noble lineage, learned, and not cruel; stand, child, by the instruction of your father and mother, O bull among the Bharatas. The wise consider it the greater good, O Bharata, what a father commands; everyone who falls into extreme danger remembers a father's command. Your father, child, is pleased by union with the Pandavas together with your counsellors, O best of the Kurus; may this please you too, child. A mortal who, having heard the counsel of friends, does not accept it, is consumed by it in the end, as though he had eaten the kimpaka fruit."
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Krishna directs his instruction to Duryodhana directly and practically: to set aside pride, listen to friends, hold to dharma, and choose peace with the Pandavas. The point of this passage is not abstract morality but a warning of the concrete destruction of the dynasty, should the desire for power be placed above truth, kinship, and prudence.