अनाश्रिता दानपुण्यं वेदपुण्यम् अनाश्रिताः ॥
रागद्वेषविनिर्मुक्ता विचरन्तीह मोक्षिणः ॥
स्वधीतस्य सुयुद्धस्य सुकृतस्य च कर्मणः ॥
तपसश् च सुतप्तस्य तस्यान्ते सुखम् एधते ॥
स्वास्तीर्णानि शयनानि प्रपन्ना; न वै भिन्ना जातु निद्रां लभन्ते ॥
न स्त्रीषु राजन् रतिम् आप्नुवन्ति; न मागधैः स्तूयमाना न सूतैः ॥
न वै भिन्ना जातु चरन्ति धर्मं; न वै सुखं प्राप्नुवन्तीह भिन्नाः ॥
न वै भिन्ना गौरवं मानयन्ति; न वै भिन्नाः प्रशमं रोचयन्ति ॥
न वै तेषां स्वदते पथ्यम् उक्तं; योगक्षेमं कल्पते नोत तेषाम् ॥
भिन्नानां वै मनुजेन्द्र परायणं; न विद्यते किं चिद् अन्यद् विनाशात् ॥
anāśritā dānapuṇyaṃ vedapuṇyam anāśritāḥ ||
rāgadveṣavinirmuktā vicarantīha mokṣiṇaḥ ||
svadhītasya suyuddhasya sukṛtasya ca karmaṇaḥ ||
tapasaś ca sutaptasya tasyānte sukham edhate ||
svāstīrṇāni śayanāni prapannā; na vai bhinnā jātu nidrāṃ labhante ||
na strīṣu rājan ratim āpnuvanti; na māgadhaiḥ stūyamānā na sūtaiḥ ||
na vai bhinnā jātu caranti dharmaṃ; na vai sukhaṃ prāpnuvantīha bhinnāḥ ||
na vai bhinnā gauravaṃ mānayanti; na vai bhinnāḥ praśamaṃ rocayanti ||
na vai teṣāṃ svadate pathyam uktaṃ; yogakṣemaṃ kalpate nota teṣām ||
bhinnānāṃ vai manujendra parāyaṇaṃ; na vidyate kiṃ cid anyad vināśāt ||
Those who are no longer at peace with their kinsmen find no sleep even when they resort to well-appointed beds; they obtain, O king, no pleasure either from women or from the praises of bards and eulogists. Such men can never practice virtue. Happiness will never be theirs in this world. Honors will never be theirs, and the world holds no charm for them. Counsel that would benefit them gives them no pleasure. They never gain what they lack, and they never manage to keep what they have. O king, for such men there is no end but ruin. Just as milk may be expected of cattle, austerity of brahmins, and fickleness of women, so fear may be expected from kinsmen. Many slender threads of equal length, gathered together, are able by their sheer number to withstand the constant pull of the shuttle passing across them. The same holds true of kinsmen who are good. O bull of the Bharata race, firebrands separated from one another produce only smoke, but gathered together they blaze up with mighty flame.
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This fragment (5.36.51-55) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds even as war looms as inevitable. Key themes: war, dharma. Here dharma is revealed through speech, the choice of an envoy, faithfulness to one's word, and the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.