ततः किरातास् तद् दृष्ट्वा प्रार्थयन्तो महीपते ॥
विनेशुर् विषमे तस्मिन् ससर्पे गिरिगह्वरे ॥
तथैव तव पुत्रो ऽयं पृथिवीम् एक इच्छति ॥
मधु पश्यति संमोहात् प्रपातं नानुपश्यति ॥
दुर्योधनो योद्धुमनाः समरे सव्यसाचिना ॥
न च पश्यामि तेजो ऽस्य विक्रमं वा तथाविधम् ॥
एकेन रथम् आस्थाय पृथिवी येन निर्जिता ॥
प्रतीक्षमाणो यो वीरः क्षमते वीक्षितं तव ॥
द्रुपदो मत्स्यराजश् च संक्रुद्धश् च धनंजयः ॥
न शेषयेयुः समरे वायुयुक्ता इवाग्नयः ॥
tataḥ kirātās tad dṛṣṭvā prārthayanto mahīpate ||
vineśur viṣame tasmin sasarpe girigahvare ||
tathaiva tava putro 'yaṃ pṛthivīm eka icchati ||
madhu paśyati saṃmohāt prapātaṃ nānupaśyati ||
duryodhano yoddhumanāḥ samare savyasācinā ||
na ca paśyāmi tejo 'sya vikramaṃ vā tathāvidham ||
ekena ratham āsthāya pṛthivī yena nirjitā ||
pratīkṣamāṇo yo vīraḥ kṣamate vīkṣitaṃ tava ||
drupado matsyarājaś ca saṃkruddhaś ca dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
na śeṣayeyuḥ samare vāyuyuktā ivāgnayaḥ ||
Why — having repeatedly sworn an oath, saying: 'With the kings of Avanti and Kalinga, Jayadratha, Chediddhaja and Valhika standing as witnesses, I shall slay thousands upon tens of thousands of enemy warriors' — how will he keep this pledge? Once his divisions are arrayed against ours and heads are scattered by the thousand, you shall behold the havoc wrought by Bhimasena. Indeed, at the very moment when, presenting himself as a brahmana to the holy and stainless Rama, the son of Vikartana obtained that weapon, this vile wretch forfeited both his virtue and his austerity.
e0cd3f76046b · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 4:56:08 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
This passage (5.62.26-30) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace unfolds against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: Duryodhana. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of an embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.