न चास्मिन् सर्वशास्त्राणि प्रतरन्ति निगर्हणाम् ॥
सो ऽभिक्रुध्यति भृत्यानां सुहृदश् चाभ्यसूयति ॥
तं तदा मन्युर् एवैति स भूयः संप्रमुह्यति ॥
स मोहवशम् आपन्नः क्रूरं कर्म निषेवते ॥
पापकर्मात्ययायैव संकरं तेन पुष्यति ॥
संकरो नरकायैव सा काष्ठा पापकर्मणाम् ॥
न चेत् प्रबुध्यते कृष्ण नरकायैव गच्छति ॥
तस्य प्रबोधः प्रज्ञैव प्रज्ञाचक्षुर् न रिष्यति ॥
प्रज्ञालाभे हि पुरुषः शास्त्राण्य् एवान्ववेक्षते ॥
शास्त्रनित्यः पुनर् धर्मं तस्य ह्रीर् अङ्गम् उत्तमम् ॥
na cāsmin sarvaśāstrāṇi prataranti nigarhaṇām ||
so 'bhikrudhyati bhṛtyānāṃ suhṛdaś cābhyasūyati ||
taṃ tadā manyur evaiti sa bhūyaḥ saṃpramuhyati ||
sa mohavaśam āpannaḥ krūraṃ karma niṣevate ||
pāpakarmātyayāyaiva saṃkaraṃ tena puṣyati ||
saṃkaro narakāyaiva sā kāṣṭhā pāpakarmaṇām ||
na cet prabudhyate kṛṣṇa narakāyaiva gacchati ||
tasya prabodhaḥ prajñaiva prajñācakṣur na riṣyati ||
prajñālābhe hi puruṣaḥ śāstrāṇy evānvavekṣate ||
śāstranityaḥ punar dharmaṃ tasya hrīr aṅgam uttamam ||
Not even all the scriptures can carry such a man beyond reproach. He grows angry at his servants and envies his friends; wrath then seizes him, and he falls into ever deeper confusion. Given over to delusion, he resorts to cruel deeds, and in trying to escape one sinful act, he only nurtures further confusion — confusion that leads straight to hell, the very extremity of wickedness. If he does not awaken, O Krishna, he goes only to hell. His awakening is wisdom itself; one whose eye is wisdom does not perish. For when a man gains wisdom, he examines the scriptures anew, and being ever grounded in the scriptures, returns to dharma; and his supreme limb is modesty.
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This passage develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds even as war draws near and seems unavoidable. Key themes: Krishna, dharma. Dharma here comes to light through speech, the choice of envoys, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.