संजय उवाच
सेनानिवेशं संप्राप्य कैतव्यः पाण्डवस्य ह ॥
समागतः पाण्डवेयैर् युधिष्ठिरम् अभाषत ॥
अभिज्ञो दूतवाक्यानां यथोक्तं ब्रुवतो मम ॥
दुर्योधनसमादेशं श्रुत्वा न क्रोद्धुम् अर्हसि ॥
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
उलूक न भयं ते ऽस्ति ब्रूहि त्वं विगतज्वरः ॥
यन् मतं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य लुब्धस्यादीर्घदर्शिनः ॥
संजय उवाच
ततो द्युतिमतां मध्ये पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥
सृञ्जयानां च सर्वेषां कृष्णस्य च यशस्विनः ॥
द्रुपदस्य सपुत्रस्य विराटस्य च संनिधौ ॥
भूमिपानां च सर्वेषां मध्ये वाक्यं जगाद ह ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
senāniveśaṃ saṃprāpya kaitavyaḥ pāṇḍavasya ha ||
samāgataḥ pāṇḍaveyair yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata ||
abhijño dūtavākyānāṃ yathoktaṃ bruvato mama ||
duryodhanasamādeśaṃ śrutvā na kroddhum arhasi ||
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
ulūka na bhayaṃ te 'sti brūhi tvaṃ vigatajvaraḥ ||
yan mataṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya lubdhasyādīrghadarśinaḥ ||
saṃjaya uvāca
tato dyutimatāṃ madhye pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām ||
sṛñjayānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kṛṣṇasya ca yaśasvinaḥ ||
drupadasya saputrasya virāṭasya ca saṃnidhau ||
bhūmipānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ madhye vākyaṃ jagāda ha ||
Sanjaya said: Having reached the army's encampment, the son of Kitava met with the Pandavas and addressed Yudhishthira. “I know the words of a messenger; as I speak just as I have been instructed, you must not grow angry upon hearing Duryodhana's command.” Yudhishthira said: “O Uluka, you have nothing to fear. Speak without unease whatever the greedy and short-sighted son of Dhritarashtra thinks.” Sanjaya said: Then, amid the shining, magnanimous Pandavas, all the Srinjayas, and the glorious Krishna, in the presence of Drupada with his son, Virata, and all the kings, he delivered his speech.
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In this chapter Uluka's speech becomes Duryodhana's harshest weapon. He recalls the Pandavas' real humiliations, but not for the sake of justice — only to wound and provoke. Notably, the boasting here is aimed at Arjuna: Duryodhana knows the strength of Krishna and the Gandiva, yet still clings to power, revealing a blindness that arguments can no longer cure.