सम्यग्वृत्तेष्व् अलुब्धेषु सततं धर्मचारिषु ॥
स्वेषु बन्धुषु कः साधुश् चरेद् एवम् असांप्रतम् ॥
नृशंसानाम् अनार्याणां परुषाणां च भाषणम् ॥
कर्णदुःशासनाभ्यां च त्वया च बहुशः कृतम् ॥
सह मात्रा प्रदग्धुं तान् बालकान् वारणावते ॥
आस्थितः परमं यत्नं न समृद्धं च तत् तव ॥
ऊषुश् च सुचिरं कालं प्रच्छन्नाः पाण्डवास् तदा ॥
मात्रा सहैकचक्रायां ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने ॥
विषेण सर्पबन्धैश् च यतिताः पाण्डवास् त्वया ॥
सर्वोपायैर् विनाशाय न समृद्धं च तत् तव ॥
samyagvṛtteṣv alubdheṣu satataṃ dharmacāriṣu ||
sveṣu bandhuṣu kaḥ sādhuś cared evam asāṃpratam ||
nṛśaṃsānām anāryāṇāṃ paruṣāṇāṃ ca bhāṣaṇam ||
karṇaduḥśāsanābhyāṃ ca tvayā ca bahuśaḥ kṛtam ||
saha mātrā pradagdhuṃ tān bālakān vāraṇāvate ||
āsthitaḥ paramaṃ yatnaṃ na samṛddhaṃ ca tat tava ||
ūṣuś ca suciraṃ kālaṃ pracchannāḥ pāṇḍavās tadā ||
mātrā sahaikacakrāyāṃ brāhmaṇasya niveśane ||
viṣeṇa sarpabandhaiś ca yatitāḥ pāṇḍavās tvayā ||
sarvopāyair vināśāya na samṛddhaṃ ca tat tava ||
“‘What worthy man would act so improperly toward his own relatives, who behave rightly, are free of greed, and constantly follow dharma? Many times cruel, ignoble, and harsh words were spoken by Karna, Duhshasana, and yourself. At Varanavata you made a supreme effort to burn those boys together with their mother, but in this you did not succeed. Then the Pandavas lived hidden for a long time together with their mother in Ekachakra, in the house of a brahmin. By poison, by snake-bonds, and by every means you tried to destroy the Pandavas, but in this too you did not succeed.’”
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Krishna lays out before Duryodhana the concrete chain of his guilt: the game of dice, the humiliation of Draupadi, the attempts to kill the Pandavas, and the rejection of the elders' peaceful counsel. He then proposes a harsh political measure: for the sake of saving the family and the kshatriyas, bind the chief culprits, for dharma sometimes requires cutting off one destroyer so that the whole is not lost.