तच् छ्रुत्वा पार्थिवाः सर्वे वासुदेवस्य भाषितम् ॥
अब्रुवन्तो मुखं राज्ञः समुदैक्षन्त भारत ॥
युधिष्ठिरस् त्व् अभिप्रायम् उपलभ्य महीक्षिताम् ॥
योगम् आज्ञापयाम् आस भीमार्जुनयमैः सह ॥
ततः किलकिलाभूतम् अनीकं पाण्डवस्य ह ॥
आज्ञापिते तदा योगे समहृष्यन्त सैनिकाः ॥
अवध्यानां वधं पश्यन् धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
निष्टनन् भीमसेनं च विजयं चेदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
यदर्थं वनवासश् च प्राप्तं दुःखं च यन् मया ॥
सो ऽयम् अस्मान् उपैत्य् एव परो ऽनर्थः प्रयत्नतः ॥
tac chrutvā pārthivāḥ sarve vāsudevasya bhāṣitam ||
abruvanto mukhaṃ rājñaḥ samudaikṣanta bhārata ||
yudhiṣṭhiras tv abhiprāyam upalabhya mahīkṣitām ||
yogam ājñāpayām āsa bhīmārjunayamaiḥ saha ||
tataḥ kilakilābhūtam anīkaṃ pāṇḍavasya ha ||
ājñāpite tadā yoge samahṛṣyanta sainikāḥ ||
avadhyānāṃ vadhaṃ paśyan dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
niṣṭanan bhīmasenaṃ ca vijayaṃ cedam abravīt ||
yadarthaṃ vanavāsaś ca prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca yan mayā ||
so 'yam asmān upaity eva paro 'narthaḥ prayatnataḥ ||
Having heard this speech of Vasudeva, all the kings, in silence, looked toward the face of the king, O Bharata. Yudhishthira, having grasped the intention of the lords of the earth, together with Bhima, Arjuna, and the twins, ordered the army made ready. Then, when the order for readiness was given, the army of the Pandava resounded with jubilant shouts, and the warriors rejoiced greatly. But the king of dharma, Yudhishthira, seeing the slaying of those who should not be slain, sighed heavily and said this to Bhimasena and Vijaya: "That for which I endured forest exile and the suffering I underwent — this very thing now approaches us as the greatest calamity, despite all our striving."
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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.