दृष्टश् चेत् त्वं पाण्डवेन व्यपनीतशरासनः ॥
प्रसन्नभ्रुकुटिः श्रीमान् कृता शान्तिः कुलस्य नः ॥
तम् अभ्येत्य सहामात्यः परिष्वज्य नृपात्मजम् ॥
अभिवादय राजानं यथापूर्वम् अरिंदम ॥
अभिवादयमानं त्वां पाणिभ्यां भीमपूर्वजः ॥
प्रतिगृह्णातु सौहार्दात् कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
सिंहस्कन्धोरुबाहुस् त्वां वृत्तायतमहाभुजः ॥
परिष्वजतु बाहुभ्यां भीमः प्रहरतां वरः ॥
सिंहग्रीवो गुडाकेशस् ततस् त्वां पुष्करेक्षणः ॥
अभिवादयतां पार्थः कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः ॥
dṛṣṭaś cet tvaṃ pāṇḍavena vyapanītaśarāsanaḥ ||
prasannabhrukuṭiḥ śrīmān kṛtā śāntiḥ kulasya naḥ ||
tam abhyetya sahāmātyaḥ pariṣvajya nṛpātmajam ||
abhivādaya rājānaṃ yathāpūrvam ariṃdama ||
abhivādayamānaṃ tvāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ bhīmapūrvajaḥ ||
pratigṛhṇātu sauhārdāt kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
siṃhaskandhorubāhus tvāṃ vṛttāyatamahābhujaḥ ||
pariṣvajatu bāhubhyāṃ bhīmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ ||
siṃhagrīvo guḍākeśas tatas tvāṃ puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ ||
abhivādayatāṃ pārthaḥ kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
'If the Pandava sees you with your bow set aside, your face clear and your brow untroubled, then peace will be made for our clan. Approach him together with your counselors, embrace the king's son, and bow to the king as before, O subduer of foes. Let Yudhishthira, son of Kunti and Bhima's elder brother, receive you with both hands out of goodwill as you bow to him. Let Bhima, the foremost among strikers, with his lion-like shoulders and mighty, long arms, embrace you with both arms. Then let Gudakesha, the lotus-eyed Partha Dhananjaya, son of Kunti, greet you.'
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Bhishma and Drona no longer speak as counselors seeking compromise at any cost, but as witnesses to inevitable consequences. Peace is still possible — but only through Duryodhana's humility and his acknowledgment of the debt owed to the Pandavas.