भिक्षुकौ विचरिष्येते शोचन्तौ पृथिवीम् इमाम् ॥
कुलघ्नम् ईदृशं पापं जनयित्वा कुपूरुषम् ॥
अथ दुर्योधनं राजा धृतराष्ट्रो ऽभ्यभाषत ॥
आसीनं भ्रातृभिः सार्धं राजभिः परिवारितम् ॥
दुर्योधन निबोधेदं शौरिणोक्तं महात्मना ॥
आदत्स्व शिवम् अत्यन्तं योगक्षेमवद् अव्ययम् ॥
अनेन हि सहायेन कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥
इष्टान् सर्वान् अभिप्रायान् प्राप्स्यामः सर्वराजसु ॥
सुसंहितः केशवेन गच्छ तात युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
चर स्वस्त्ययनं कृत्स्नं भारतानाम् अनामयम् ॥
bhikṣukau vicariṣyete śocantau pṛthivīm imām ||
kulaghnam īdṛśaṃ pāpaṃ janayitvā kupūruṣam ||
atha duryodhanaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bhyabhāṣata ||
āsīnaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ rājabhiḥ parivāritam ||
duryodhana nibodhedaṃ śauriṇoktaṃ mahātmanā ||
ādatsva śivam atyantaṃ yogakṣemavad avyayam ||
anena hi sahāyena kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā ||
iṣṭān sarvān abhiprāyān prāpsyāmaḥ sarvarājasu ||
susaṃhitaḥ keśavena gaccha tāta yudhiṣṭhiram ||
cara svastyayanaṃ kṛtsnaṃ bhāratānām anāmayam ||
'"They will wander this earth as beggars, grieving that they gave birth to such a destroyer of the lineage, such a sinful and base man." Then King Dhritarashtra addressed Duryodhana, who sat among his brothers, surrounded by kings: "Duryodhana, hear this, spoken by the great-souled Shauri. Accept the supreme good, bringing preservation and security, imperishable. With such a helper as Krishna, whose deeds know no weariness, we shall attain all our desired aims among all the kings. Being well united with Keshava, go, child, to Yudhishthira; bring about a complete and beneficial reconciliation for the Bharatas, free from calamity."'
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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.