वैशंपायन उवाच
आर्तवाक्यं तु तत् तस्य प्रणयोक्तं निशम्य सः ॥
धृतराष्ट्रो ऽब्रवीत् प्रेष्यान् दुर्योधनमते स्थितः ॥
स्थूणासहस्रैर् बृहतीं शतद्वारां सभां मम ॥
मनोरमां दर्शनीयाम् आशु कुर्वन्तु शिल्पिनः ॥
ततः संस्तीर्य रत्नैस् ताम् अक्षान् आवाप्य सर्वशः ॥
सुकृतां सुप्रवेशां च निवेदयत मे शनैः ॥
दुर्योधनस्य शान्त्यर्थम् इति निश्चित्य भूमिपः ॥
धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज प्राहिणोद् विदुराय वै ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
ārtavākyaṃ tu tat tasya praṇayoktaṃ niśamya saḥ ||
dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bravīt preṣyān duryodhanamate sthitaḥ ||
sthūṇāsahasrair bṛhatīṃ śatadvārāṃ sabhāṃ mama ||
manoramāṃ darśanīyām āśu kurvantu śilpinaḥ ||
tataḥ saṃstīrya ratnais tām akṣān āvāpya sarvaśaḥ ||
sukṛtāṃ supraveśāṃ ca nivedayata me śanaiḥ ||
duryodhanasya śāntyartham iti niścitya bhūmipaḥ ||
dhṛtarāṣṭro mahārāja prāhiṇod vidurāya vai ||
Having heard that grievous word of his, spoken with entreaty, Dhritarashtra, settling upon Duryodhana's will, said to the servants: "Let the craftsmen quickly build me a vast hall with a thousand pillars and a hundred doors, delightful and splendid to behold. Then, having strewn it with jewels and placed dice throughout, well-made and easy to enter, quietly inform me." Having thus resolved, for the sake of Duryodhana's peace, king Dhritarashtra, O great king, sent word to Vidura.
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Dhritarashtra yields "for the sake of Duryodhana's peace" — and thereby settles the matter before the very counsel he is only now sending for. It is telling how the order is inverted: first he commands the hall for gambling to be built, and only then summons the sage — as though seeking approval for what is already decided. The verse teaches that a weak will summons counsel not to heed it, but to soothe conscience with the appearance of deliberation. And "for the son's peace" the father prepares unrest for the entire dynasty: yielding to a ruinous desire, called care, is the worst kind of cruelty. Whoever builds the hall for deceit before hearing the warning asks not for truth but for consent — and is therefore fated not to listen.