भीष्म उवाच
एवम् उक्तस्य दूतेन द्रुपदस्य तदा नृप ॥
चोरस्येव गृहीतस्य न प्रावर्तत भारती ॥
स यत्नम् अकरोत् तीव्रं संबन्धैर् अनुसान्त्वनैः ॥
दूतैर् मधुरसंभाषैर् नैतद् अस्तीति संदिशन् ॥
स राजा भूय एवाथ कृत्वा तत्त्वत आगमम् ॥
कन्येति पाञ्चालसुतां त्वरमाणो ऽभिनिर्ययौ ॥
ततः संप्रेषयाम् आस मित्राणाम् अमितौजसाम् ॥
दुहितुर् विप्रलम्भं तं धात्रीणां वचनात् तदा ॥
ततः समुदयं कृत्वा बलानां राजसत्तमः ॥
अभियाने मतिं चक्रे द्रुपदं प्रति भारत ॥
bhīṣma uvāca
evam uktasya dūtena drupadasya tadā nṛpa ||
corasyeva gṛhītasya na prāvartata bhāratī ||
sa yatnam akarot tīvraṃ saṃbandhair anusāntvanaiḥ ||
dūtair madhurasaṃbhāṣair naitad astīti saṃdiśan ||
sa rājā bhūya evātha kṛtvā tattvata āgamam ||
kanyeti pāñcālasutāṃ tvaramāṇo 'bhiniryayau ||
tataḥ saṃpreṣayām āsa mitrāṇām amitaujasām ||
duhitur vipralambhaṃ taṃ dhātrīṇāṃ vacanāt tadā ||
tataḥ samudayaṃ kṛtvā balānāṃ rājasattamaḥ ||
abhiyāne matiṃ cakre drupadaṃ prati bhārata ||
Bhishma said: 'When the messenger spoke thus to Drupada, O king, his speech did not come forth, as though he were a thief caught in the act. He made a strenuous effort — through kinship ties, conciliatory words, and sweet-spoken envoys — to convey that this was not so. Then that king, once he had reliably learned that the daughter of the Panchala king was indeed a girl, set out in haste once more. Then he sent to his friends of measureless might a report of the deception concerning his daughter, as he had learned it from the words of the nurses. Then the best of kings, having gathered his forces, O Bharata, resolved to march against Drupada.'
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This chapter reveals the cost of a hidden truth. Drupada trusts Shiva's word, yet political reality demands an immediate response: Hiranyavarman takes what has happened as a deception against his lineage and prepares a campaign. Drupada's fear is not mere weakness; it is the fear of a man who has tried to hold a divine pronouncement within the bounds of human rites and social agreements. The conversation with his wife becomes a turn toward truth: now the secret must not only be kept but rightly disclosed, so as to protect Shikhandin and the kingdom.