इन्द्रविष्णुसमाव् एतौ मन्दात्मा नावबुध्यते ॥
संश्रयाद् द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां कर्णस्य च विकत्थनात् ॥
निदेशस्थाव् इमौ यस्य मानसस् तस्य सेत्स्यते ॥
संकल्पो धर्मराजस्य निश्चयो मे तदाभवत् ॥
सत्कृतश् चान्नपानाभ्याम् आच्छन्नो लब्धसत्क्रियः ॥
अञ्जलिं मूर्ध्नि संधाय तौ संदेशम् अचोदयम् ॥
धनुर्बाणोचितेनैकपाणिना शुभलक्षणम् ॥
पादम् आनमयन् पार्थः केशवं समचोदयत् ॥
इन्द्रकेतुर् इवोत्थाय सर्वाभरणभूषितः ॥
इन्द्रवीर्योपमः कृष्णः संविष्टो माभ्यभाषत ॥
indraviṣṇusamāv etau mandātmā nāvabudhyate ||
saṃśrayād droṇabhīṣmābhyāṃ karṇasya ca vikatthanāt ||
nideśasthāv imau yasya mānasas tasya setsyate ||
saṃkalpo dharmarājasya niścayo me tadābhavat ||
satkṛtaś cānnapānābhyām ācchanno labdhasatkriyaḥ ||
añjaliṃ mūrdhni saṃdhāya tau saṃdeśam acodayam ||
dhanurbāṇocitenaikapāṇinā śubhalakṣaṇam ||
pādam ānamayan pārthaḥ keśavaṃ samacodayat ||
indraketur ivotthāya sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ ||
indravīryopamaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ saṃviṣṭo mābhyabhāṣata ||
But, O bull among men, only Karna and I, O lord, are prepared to celebrate a sacrifice of battle with all the necessary rites, making Yudhishthira the offering. In this sacrifice my chariot shall be the altar; my sword shall be the smaller ladle, my mace the great one for libations; my armor shall be the gathered onlookers; my four horses shall serve as the officiating priests; my arrows shall be the blades of kusha grass; and glory shall be the clarified butter. O king, having performed in Yama's honor such a sacrifice in battle, all of whose ingredients we ourselves shall furnish, we shall return victorious, wrapped in glory, once we have destroyed our enemies. We three, O sire — namely I, Karna, and my brother Duhshasana — shall slay the Pandavas in battle.
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The passage 5.58.11-15 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace already unfolds against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key figures here are Krishna, Karna, Bhishma, and dharma itself. Dharma reveals itself through speech, through the choice of an embassy, through fidelity to one's promises, and through the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.