अप्रियं हृदये मह्यं तन् न तिष्ठति केशव ॥
तेषां वाक्यानि गोविन्द श्रोतुम् इच्छाम्य् अहं विभो ॥
यथा च नाभिपद्येत कालस् तात तथा कुरु ॥
भवान् हि नो गतिः कृष्ण भवान् नाथो भवान् गुरुः ॥
वासुदेव उवाच
शृणु राजन् यथा वाक्यम् उक्तो राजा सुयोधनः ॥
मध्ये कुरूणां राजेन्द्र सभायां तन् निबोध मे ॥
मया वै श्राविते वाक्ये जहास धृतराष्ट्रजः ॥
अथ भीष्मः सुसंक्रुद्ध इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
दुर्योधन निबोधेदं कुलार्थे यद् ब्रवीमि ते ॥
तच् छ्रुत्वा राजशार्दूल स्वकुलस्य हितं कुरु ॥
apriyaṃ hṛdaye mahyaṃ tan na tiṣṭhati keśava ||
teṣāṃ vākyāni govinda śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ vibho ||
yathā ca nābhipadyeta kālas tāta tathā kuru ||
bhavān hi no gatiḥ kṛṣṇa bhavān nātho bhavān guruḥ ||
vāsudeva uvāca
śṛṇu rājan yathā vākyam ukto rājā suyodhanaḥ ||
madhye kurūṇāṃ rājendra sabhāyāṃ tan nibodha me ||
mayā vai śrāvite vākye jahāsa dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ ||
atha bhīṣmaḥ susaṃkruddha idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
duryodhana nibodhedaṃ kulārthe yad bravīmi te ||
tac chrutvā rājaśārdūla svakulasya hitaṃ kuru ||
"O Keshava, I wish to hear their words, O Govinda, O mighty one. Act so, dear one, that the fatal hour may not arrive, for you are our path, O Krishna, you are our protector and our preceptor." Vasudeva said: "Listen, O king, to how King Suyodhana was addressed in the assembly, amid the Kurus; learn this from me, O lord of kings. When my words had been heard, the son of Dhritarashtra laughed. Then Bhishma, greatly enraged, spoke these words: 'Duryodhana, understand this that I say to you for the sake of the family; having heard it, O tiger among kings, do what is good for your own family.'"
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Krishna recounts to the Pandavas how Bhishma tried to restrain Duryodhana by the force of his own example. The account of Bhishma's own vow shows that the dharma of a family demands not proud possession but self-restraint for the sake of preserving the family and its rightful inheritance.