न च भीष्मो न च द्रोणो युक्तं तत्राहतुर् वचः ॥
सर्वे तम् अनुवर्तन्ते ऋते विदुरम् अच्युत ॥
शकुनिः सौबलश् चैव कर्णदुःशासनाव् अपि ॥
त्वय्य् अयुक्तान्य् अभाषन्त मूढा मूढम् अमर्षणम् ॥
किं च तेन मयोक्तेन यान्य् अभाषन्त कौरवाः ॥
संक्षेपेण दुरात्मासौ न युक्तं त्वयि वर्तते ॥
न पार्थिवेषु सर्वेषु य इमे तव सैनिकाः ॥
यत् पापं यन् न कल्याणं सर्वं तस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
न चापि वयम् अत्यर्थं परित्यागेन कर्हि चित् ॥
कौरवैः शमम् इच्छामस् तत्र युद्धम् अनन्तरम् ॥
na ca bhīṣmo na ca droṇo yuktaṃ tatrāhatur vacaḥ ||
sarve tam anuvartante ṛte viduram acyuta ||
śakuniḥ saubalaś caiva karṇaduḥśāsanāv api ||
tvayy ayuktāny abhāṣanta mūḍhā mūḍham amarṣaṇam ||
kiṃ ca tena mayoktena yāny abhāṣanta kauravāḥ ||
saṃkṣepeṇa durātmāsau na yuktaṃ tvayi vartate ||
na pārthiveṣu sarveṣu ya ime tava sainikāḥ ||
yat pāpaṃ yan na kalyāṇaṃ sarvaṃ tasmin pratiṣṭhitam ||
na cāpi vayam atyarthaṃ parityāgena karhi cit ||
kauravaiḥ śamam icchāmas tatra yuddham anantaram ||
"Neither Bhishma nor Drona spoke there the fitting word; all follow him, except Vidura, O Achyuta. Shakuni, son of Subala, as well as Karna and Duhshasana, these fools, spoke unbefitting words about you, egging on the foolish and impatient one. What use is it for me to repeat all that the Kauravas said? In brief: this wicked soul acts wrongly toward you. Not among all these kings, not among your warriors, but in him alone is established everything sinful and unwholesome. Nor do we ever wish for peace with the Kauravas at the price of excessive concession; after that comes war."
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Here Yudhishthira once again tests the decision for war through dharma: his question is not about advantage, but about how to act without falling from his duty. Krishna's answer and Arjuna's reminder show that peace was exhausted not through any weakness of effort, but through Duryodhana's conscious rejection of dharma; thus the battle becomes not a desire for violence, but the inevitable fulfillment of responsibility.