ग्रसन्तम् इव लोकांस् त्रीन् सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ यथा ॥
ददृशुस् तत्र ते वृत्रं शक्रेण सह देवताः ॥
ऋषयो ऽथ ततो ऽभ्येत्य वृत्रम् ऊचुः प्रियं वचः ॥
व्याप्तं जगद् इदं सर्वं तेजसा तव दुर्जय ॥
न च शक्नोषि निर्जेतुं वासवं भूरिविक्रमम् ॥
युध्यतोश् चापि वां कालो व्यतीतः सुमहान् इह ॥
पीड्यन्ते च प्रजाः सर्वाः सदेवासुरमानवाः ॥
सख्यं भवतु ते वृत्र शक्रेण सह नित्यदा ॥
अवाप्स्यसि सुखं त्वं च शक्रलोकांश् च शाश्वतान् ॥
ऋषिवाक्यं निशम्याथ स वृत्रः सुमहाबलः ॥
उवाच तांस् तदा सर्वान् प्रणम्य शिरसासुरः ॥
grasantam iva lokāṃs trīn sūryācandramasau yathā ||
dadṛśus tatra te vṛtraṃ śakreṇa saha devatāḥ ||
ṛṣayo 'tha tato 'bhyetya vṛtram ūcuḥ priyaṃ vacaḥ ||
vyāptaṃ jagad idaṃ sarvaṃ tejasā tava durjaya ||
na ca śaknoṣi nirjetuṃ vāsavaṃ bhūrivikramam ||
yudhyatoś cāpi vāṃ kālo vyatītaḥ sumahān iha ||
pīḍyante ca prajāḥ sarvāḥ sadevāsuramānavāḥ ||
sakhyaṃ bhavatu te vṛtra śakreṇa saha nityadā ||
avāpsyasi sukhaṃ tvaṃ ca śakralokāṃś ca śāśvatān ||
ṛṣivākyaṃ niśamyātha sa vṛtraḥ sumahābalaḥ ||
uvāca tāṃs tadā sarvān praṇamya śirasāsuraḥ ||
Yet you are not able to overcome Indra, O best of mighty beings. Much time has passed since you two began to fight. All beings, including gods, asuras and men, suffer from the effects of the battle. Let there be eternal friendship between you and Indra. You will be happy and will live forever in the regions of Indra.' And the mighty Vritra, hearing the words of the holy ones, bowed his head before them. And the Asura said: 'What you, O highly gifted beings, and also all these gandharvas say, I have heard. You, faultless beings, listen also to what I wish to say. How can there be peace between the two of us, Indra and myself? How can there be friendship, O gods, between two hostile powers?' The rishis said: 'Friendship among the righteous arises at a single meeting.
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This passage (5.10.16-20) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds even as war becomes inevitable. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of envoys, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.