आश्विनेयौ नरव्याघ्रौ रूपेणाप्रतिमौ भुवि ॥
तौ च त्वां गुरुवत् प्रेम्णा पूजया प्रत्युदीयताम् ॥
मुञ्चन्त्व् आनन्दजाश्रूणि दाशार्हप्रमुखा नृपाः ॥
संगच्छ भ्रातृभिः सार्धं मानं संत्यज्य पार्थिव ॥
प्रशाधि पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां ततस् तं भ्रातृभिः सह ॥
समालिङ्ग्य च हर्षेण नृपा यान्तु परस्परम् ॥
अलं युद्धेन राजेन्द्र सुहृदां शृणु कारणम् ॥
ध्रुवं विनाशो युद्धे हि क्षत्रियाणां प्रदृश्यते ॥
ज्योतींषि प्रतिकूलानि दारुणा मृगपक्षिणः ॥
उत्पाता विविधा वीर दृश्यन्ते क्षत्रनाशनाः ॥
āśvineyau naravyāghrau rūpeṇāpratimau bhuvi ||
tau ca tvāṃ guruvat premṇā pūjayā pratyudīyatām ||
muñcantv ānandajāśrūṇi dāśārhapramukhā nṛpāḥ ||
saṃgaccha bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ mānaṃ saṃtyajya pārthiva ||
praśādhi pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ tatas taṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ||
samāliṅgya ca harṣeṇa nṛpā yāntu parasparam ||
alaṃ yuddhena rājendra suhṛdāṃ śṛṇu kāraṇam ||
dhruvaṃ vināśo yuddhe hi kṣatriyāṇāṃ pradṛśyate ||
jyotīṃṣi pratikūlāni dāruṇā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ||
utpātā vividhā vīra dṛśyante kṣatranāśanāḥ ||
'Let the two sons of the Ashvins, tigers among men, unmatched in beauty on this earth, come forth to meet you with love and reverence, as to an elder. Let the kings, led by the Dasharha, shed tears of joy. Unite with your brothers, setting pride aside, O lord of the earth. Then rule the whole earth; having embraced them and their brothers in joy, let the kings part from one another. Enough of war, O king of kings; hear the reasoning of your friends. In war the destruction of the kshatriyas is clearly foreseen. The heavenly bodies are adverse, the beasts and birds are ominous, and manifold portents that spell ruin for the kshatriyas are seen, O hero.'
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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.