त्यक्त्वा मन्युम् उपशाम्यस्व पार्थैः; पर्याप्तम् एतद् यत् कृतं फल्गुनेन ॥
भीष्मस्यान्ताद् अस्तु वः सौहृदं वा; संप्रश्लेषः साधु राजन् प्रसीद ॥
राज्यस्यार्धं दीयतां पाण्डवानाम्; इन्द्रप्रस्थं धर्मराजो ऽनुशास्तु ॥
मा मित्रध्रुक् पार्थिवानां जघन्यः; पापां कीर्तिं प्राप्स्यसे कौरवेन्द्र ॥
ममावसानाच् छान्तिर् अस्तु प्रजानां; संगच्छन्तां पार्थिवाः प्रीतिमन्तः ॥
पिता पुत्रं मातुलं भागिनेयो; भ्राता चैव भ्रातरं प्रैतु राजन् ॥
न चेद् एवं प्राप्तकालं वचो मे; मोहाविष्टः प्रतिपत्स्यस्य् अबुद्ध्या ॥
भीष्मस्यान्ताद् एतदन्ताः स्थ सर्वे; सत्याम् एतां भारतीम् ईरयामि ॥
एतद् वाक्यं सौहृदाद् आपगेयो; मध्ये राज्ञां भारतं श्रावयित्वा ॥
तूष्णीम् आसीच् छल्यसंतप्तमर्मा; यत्वात्मानं वेदनां संनिगृह्य ॥
tyaktvā manyum upaśāmyasva pārthaiḥ; paryāptam etad yat kṛtaṃ phalgunena ||
bhīṣmasyāntād astu vaḥ sauhṛdaṃ vā; saṃpraśleṣaḥ sādhu rājan prasīda ||
rājyasyārdhaṃ dīyatāṃ pāṇḍavānām; indraprasthaṃ dharmarājo 'nuśāstu ||
mā mitradhruk pārthivānāṃ jaghanyaḥ; pāpāṃ kīrtiṃ prāpsyase kauravendra ||
mamāvasānāc chāntir astu prajānāṃ; saṃgacchantāṃ pārthivāḥ prītimantaḥ ||
pitā putraṃ mātulaṃ bhāgineyo; bhrātā caiva bhrātaraṃ praitu rājan ||
na ced evaṃ prāptakālaṃ vaco me; mohāviṣṭaḥ pratipatsyasy abuddhyā ||
bhīṣmasyāntād etadantāḥ stha sarve; satyām etāṃ bhāratīm īrayāmi ||
etad vākyaṃ sauhṛdād āpageyo; madhye rājñāṃ bhārataṃ śrāvayitvā ||
tūṣṇīm āsīc chalyasaṃtaptamarmā; yatvātmānaṃ vedanāṃ saṃnigṛhya ||
"Abandon your anger and make peace with the sons of Pritha. What Phalguna has done is enough. With Bhishma's passing, let your friendship and reconciliation come about; this is good, O king — be gracious. Let half the kingdom be given to the Pandavas, and let Dharmaraja rule Indraprastha. Do not become, O lord of the Kauravas, the lowest among kings, a betrayer of friends: otherwise you will gain an evil renown. With my passing, let there be peace for the people. Let the kings come together full of affection toward one another; let father draw near to son, nephew to uncle, and brother to brother, O king. But if, overcome by delusion, you unwisely reject this timely word of mine, then after Bhishma's end you shall all meet the same end. I speak this true word of the Bharatas." Having spoken these words out of friendship and made Duryodhana hear them among the kings, the son of the river fell silent, his vital points tormented by the darts, having mastered himself and held back his pain.
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Bhishma's final counsel in this chapter is utterly concrete: return half the kingdom, restore the bonds of kinship, and let the war end with his own fall. Dharma is expressed here not abstractly but as a chance to halt a chain of destruction.