निकारा मनुजश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवैस् त्वत्प्रतीक्षया ॥
अनुभूताः सहामात्यैर् निकृतैर् अधिदेवने ॥
हयानां च गजानां च राज्ञां चामिततेजसाम् ॥
वैशसं समरे वृत्तं यत् तन् मे शृणु सर्वशः ॥
स्थिरो भूत्वा महाराज सर्वलोकक्षयोदयम् ॥
यथाभूतं महायुद्धे श्रुत्वा मा विमना भव ॥
न ह्य् एव कर्ता पुरुषः कर्मणोः शुभपापयोः ॥
अस्वतन्त्रो हि पुरुषः कार्यते दारुयन्त्रवत् ॥
के चिद् ईश्वरनिर्दिष्टाः के चिद् एव यदृच्छया ॥
पूर्वकर्मभिर् अप्य् अन्ये त्रैधम् एतद् विकृष्यते ॥
nikārā manujaśreṣṭha pāṇḍavais tvatpratīkṣayā ||
anubhūtāḥ sahāmātyair nikṛtair adhidevane ||
hayānāṃ ca gajānāṃ ca rājñāṃ cāmitatejasām ||
vaiśasaṃ samare vṛttaṃ yat tan me śṛṇu sarvaśaḥ ||
sthiro bhūtvā mahārāja sarvalokakṣayodayam ||
yathābhūtaṃ mahāyuddhe śrutvā mā vimanā bhava ||
na hy eva kartā puruṣaḥ karmaṇoḥ śubhapāpayoḥ ||
asvatantro hi puruṣaḥ kāryate dāruyantravat ||
ke cid īśvaranirdiṣṭāḥ ke cid eva yadṛcchayā ||
pūrvakarmabhir apy anye traidham etad vikṛṣyate ||
'O best of men, the Pandavas, together with their counselors, deceived at the game of dice, endured humiliations while waiting for you. Now hear from me in full detail of the carnage of horses, elephants, and kings of immeasurable might that took place in the battle. Be steadfast, O great king; having heard, in this great war, the true account of the onset of ruin for all the world, do not lose heart. For a man is not the independent author of good and evil deeds: unfree, a man is set in motion like a wooden mechanism. Some are directed by the Lord, others by mere chance, others by former deeds; thus it is drawn in three ways.'
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Here the narrative turns from the preparation for war to its inner cause. Dhritarashtra tries to shelter behind fate, but Sanjaya returns responsibility to deeds: fate, time, and past karma do act, yet they do not annul the moral guilt for evil knowingly committed. Thus the war is shown not as chance, but as the fruit of a long refusal of dharma.