यावत् फल्गुननाराचा निर्मुक्तोरगसंनिभाः ॥
नाविशन्ति शरीरं ते तावत् संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥
यावत् ते पृथिवीं पार्था हत्वा भ्रातृशतं रणे ॥
नाक्षिपन्ति महात्मानस् तावत् संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥
यावन् न क्रुध्यते राजा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
कृष्णश् च समरश्लाघी तावत् संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥
yāvat phalgunanārācā nirmuktoragasaṃnibhāḥ ||
nāviśanti śarīraṃ te tāvat saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ ||
yāvat te pṛthivīṃ pārthā hatvā bhrātṛśataṃ raṇe ||
nākṣipanti mahātmānas tāvat saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ ||
yāvan na krudhyate rājā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
kṛṣṇaś ca samaraślāghī tāvat saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ ||
"While Phalguna's iron arrows, like serpents that have sloughed their skin, have not yet entered your body — until then make peace with the Pāṇḍavas. While the Pārthas, great of soul, having slain a hundred brothers in battle, have not yet seized your land — until then make peace with the Pāṇḍavas. While King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, and Kṛṣṇa, glorious in battle, have not yet grown wrathful — until then make peace with the Pāṇḍavas."
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The threefold refrain "saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ," make peace with the Pāṇḍavas, pleads for peace while there is still time. Droṇa lists the calamities not yet come — the arrows, the death of brothers, the wrath of Yudhiṣṭhira and Kṛṣṇa. It is telling that the wise call for a halt at the very edge. The verse teaches that repentance and reconciliation have their season, and to let it pass is ruinous: while evil has not yet ripened into inescapable punishment, the door to peace stands open — but for one who delays, it closes, and then it is too late to make peace.