द्वैधीभूतेषु लोकेषु विनश्यत्सु च भारत ॥
अब्रवीत् सृष्टिमान् देवो भगवांल् लोकभावनः ॥
पराभविष्यन्त्य् असुरा दैतेया दानवैः सह ॥
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा भविष्यन्ति दिवौकसः ॥
देवासुरमनुष्याश् च गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः ॥
अस्मिन् युद्धे सुसंयत्ता हनिष्यन्ति परस्परम् ॥
इति मत्वाब्रवीद् धर्मं परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिः ॥
वरुणाय प्रयच्छैतान् बद्ध्वा दैतेयदानवान् ॥
एवम् उक्तस् ततो धर्मो नियोगात् परमेष्ठिनः ॥
वरुणाय ददौ सर्वान् बद्ध्वा दैतेयदानवान् ॥
dvaidhībhūteṣu lokeṣu vinaśyatsu ca bhārata ||
abravīt sṛṣṭimān devo bhagavāṃl lokabhāvanaḥ ||
parābhaviṣyanty asurā daiteyā dānavaiḥ saha ||
ādityā vasavo rudrā bhaviṣyanti divaukasaḥ ||
devāsuramanuṣyāś ca gandharvoragarākṣasāḥ ||
asmin yuddhe susaṃyattā haniṣyanti parasparam ||
iti matvābravīd dharmaṃ parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ ||
varuṇāya prayacchaitān baddhvā daiteyadānavān ||
evam uktas tato dharmo niyogāt parameṣṭhinaḥ ||
varuṇāya dadau sarvān baddhvā daiteyadānavān ||
‘…when the worlds had split into two and were perishing, O Bharata, then the god possessed of the power of creation, the revered maker of worlds, said: “The asuras, the daityas together with the danavas, will be defeated; the Adityas, the Vasus, and the Rudras will become dwellers of heaven. Gods, asuras, men, gandharvas, serpents, and rakshasas, well arrayed in this battle, will slay one another.” Having thought thus, Parameshthin Prajapati said to Dharma: “Bind these daityas and danavas and hand them over to Varuna.” Thus addressed, Dharma, by the command of Parameshthin, bound all the daityas and danavas and gave them over to Varuna.’
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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.