आत्मानं च सहामात्यं सपुत्रपशुबान्धवम् ॥
सहमित्रम् असद्बुद्ध्या जीविताद् भ्रंशयिष्यसि ॥
अतिक्रामन् केशवस्य तथ्यं वचनम् अर्थवत् ॥
पितुश् च भरतश्रेष्ठ विदुरस्य च धीमतः ॥
मा कुलघ्नो ऽन्तपुरुषो दुर्मतिः कापथं गमः ॥
पितरं मातरं चैव वृद्धौ शोकाय मा ददः ॥
अथ द्रोणो ऽब्रवीत् तत्र दुर्योधनम् इदं वचः ॥
अमर्षवशम् आपन्नं निःश्वसन्तं पुनः पुनः ॥
धर्मार्थयुक्तं वचनम् आह त्वां तात केशवः ॥
तथा भीष्मः शांतनवस् तज् जुषस्व नराधिप ॥
ātmānaṃ ca sahāmātyaṃ saputrapaśubāndhavam ||
sahamitram asadbuddhyā jīvitād bhraṃśayiṣyasi ||
atikrāman keśavasya tathyaṃ vacanam arthavat ||
pituś ca bharataśreṣṭha vidurasya ca dhīmataḥ ||
mā kulaghno 'ntapuruṣo durmatiḥ kāpathaṃ gamaḥ ||
pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva vṛddhau śokāya mā dadaḥ ||
atha droṇo 'bravīt tatra duryodhanam idaṃ vacaḥ ||
amarṣavaśam āpannaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ ||
dharmārthayuktaṃ vacanam āha tvāṃ tāta keśavaḥ ||
tathā bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavas taj juṣasva narādhipa ||
'"And you, with your evil mind, will deprive yourself, together with your counselors, sons, cattle, kinsmen and friends, of life, if you transgress the true and beneficial word of Keshava, as well as the word of your father and of wise Vidura, O best of the Bharatas. Do not become a destroyer of your lineage, a base man of evil mind; do not take the wicked path. Do not consign your aged father and mother to grief." Then Drona spoke these words there to Duryodhana, who had fallen under the sway of impatience and was sighing again and again: "Keshava has spoken to you a word joined with dharma and benefit, child; so too has Bhishma, son of Shantanu. Accept this, O lord of men."'
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In this chapter, the elders of the Kurus, one after another, affirm Krishna's words: peace with the Pandavas is not weakness but the only way to preserve the family, the parents, the subjects, and the royal glory. Duryodhana is warned not with abstract phrases but through the concrete consequences of his choice: the death of his kin, the loss of the kingdom, and remorse to come.