अश्वत्थामोवाच
आचार्य एव क्षमतां शान्तिर् अत्र विधीयताम् ॥
अभिषज्यमाने हि गुरौ तद्वृत्तं रोषकारितम् ॥
वैशंपायन उवाच
ततो दुर्योधनो द्रोणं क्षमयाम् आस भारत ॥
सह कर्णेन भीष्मेण कृपेण च महात्मना ॥
द्रोण उवाच
यद् एव प्रथमं वाक्यं भीष्मः शांतनवो ऽब्रवीत् ॥
तेनैवाहं प्रसन्नो वै परम् अत्र विधीयताम् ॥
यथा दुर्योधने ऽयत्ते नागः स्पृशति सैनिकान् ॥
साहसाद् यदि वा मोहात् तथा नीतिर् विधीयताम् ॥
वनवासे ह्य् अनिर्वृत्ते दर्शयेन् न धनंजयः ॥
धनं वालभमानो ऽत्र नाद्य नः क्षन्तुम् अर्हति ॥
यथा नायं समायुज्याद् धार्तराष्ट्रान् कथं चन ॥
यथा च न पराजय्यात् तथा नीतिर् विधीयताम् ॥
उक्तं दुर्योधनेनापि पुरस्ताद् वाक्यम् ईदृशम् ॥
तद् अनुस्मृत्य गाङ्गेय यथावद् वक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
aśvatthāmovāca
ācārya eva kṣamatāṃ śāntir atra vidhīyatām ||
abhiṣajyamāne hi gurau tadvṛttaṃ roṣakāritam ||
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tato duryodhano droṇaṃ kṣamayām āsa bhārata ||
saha karṇena bhīṣmeṇa kṛpeṇa ca mahātmanā ||
droṇa uvāca
yad eva prathamaṃ vākyaṃ bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo 'bravīt ||
tenaivāhaṃ prasanno vai param atra vidhīyatām ||
yathā duryodhane 'yatte nāgaḥ spṛśati sainikān ||
sāhasād yadi vā mohāt tathā nītir vidhīyatām ||
vanavāse hy anirvṛtte darśayen na dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
dhanaṃ vālabhamāno 'tra nādya naḥ kṣantum arhati ||
yathā nāyaṃ samāyujyād dhārtarāṣṭrān kathaṃ cana ||
yathā ca na parājayyāt tathā nītir vidhīyatām ||
uktaṃ duryodhanenāpi purastād vākyam īdṛśam ||
tad anusmṛtya gāṅgeya yathāvad vaktum arhasi ||
Ashvatthaman said: 'Let the teacher himself forgive; let peace be established here. For when the teacher was reproached, it was done out of anger.' Vaishampayana said: 'Then Duryodhana asked forgiveness of Drona, O Bharata, together with Karna, Bhishma, and the great-souled Kripa. Drona said: "I am satisfied precisely by that first word which Bhishma, son of Shantanu, spoke. Now let the higher course be settled. Just as, depending on Duryodhana's own restraint, the elephant may not touch the soldiers -- whether from rashness or from delusion -- so let policy be arranged accordingly. Had the forest exile not come to its end, Dhananjaya would not have shown himself. But if he has not gained wealth here, he is not bound to bear with us today. Let policy be arranged so that he in no way joins with the sons of Dhritarashtra, and so that he is not defeated. Duryodhana himself spoke such a word before; remembering it, O Gangeya, you should speak accordingly."'
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After the flare of anger, the elders steer the conversation back to practical matters. Drona acknowledges a simple truth: if Arjuna has appeared, the period of concealment has likely come to an end.