यस्माद् अत्र समग्रास् ताः पतन्ति जलमूर्तयः ॥
तस्मात् पातालम् इत्य् एतत् ख्यायते पुरम् उत्तमम् ॥
ऐरावतो ऽस्मात् सलिलं गृहीत्वा जगतो हितः ॥
मेघेष्व् आमुञ्चते शीतं यन् महेन्द्रः प्रवर्षति ॥
अत्र नानाविधाकारास् तिमयो नैकरूपिणः ॥
अप्सु सोमप्रभां पीत्वा वसन्ति जलचारिणः ॥
अत्र सूर्यांशुभिर् भिन्नाः पातालतलम् आश्रिताः ॥
मृता दिवसतः सूत पुनर् जीवन्ति ते निशि ॥
उदये नित्यशश् चात्र चन्द्रमा रश्मिभिर् वृतः ॥
अमृतं स्पृश्य संस्पर्शात् संजीवयति देहिनः ॥
yasmād atra samagrās tāḥ patanti jalamūrtayaḥ ||
tasmāt pātālam ity etat khyāyate puram uttamam ||
airāvato 'smāt salilaṃ gṛhītvā jagato hitaḥ ||
megheṣv āmuñcate śītaṃ yan mahendraḥ pravarṣati ||
atra nānāvidhākārās timayo naikarūpiṇaḥ ||
apsu somaprabhāṃ pītvā vasanti jalacāriṇaḥ ||
atra sūryāṃśubhir bhinnāḥ pātālatalam āśritāḥ ||
mṛtā divasataḥ sūta punar jīvanti te niśi ||
udaye nityaśaś cātra candramā raśmibhir vṛtaḥ ||
amṛtaṃ spṛśya saṃsparśāt saṃjīvayati dehinaḥ ||
As for kings, all of them, though enjoying great prosperity, come at last to the hour of death and are born again to reap the fruits of their good and evil deeds. It therefore behooves you to make peace with Yudhishthira. Let the Pandavas and the Kauravas together rule this earth. O Suyodhana, you ought not to think, 'I am strong!' -- for, O bull among men, it is seen that there are men stronger than those who are usually deemed strong. O scion of the Kuru race, those who are truly strong scarcely regard physical strength as strength at all. As for the Pandavas, endowed with valor equal to that of the gods, they too are accounted strong. In this connection an old story is told, an illustrative tale, concerning Matali, who sought a bridegroom to whom he might give his daughter. The king of the three worlds (Indra) had a charioteer named Matali, whom he loved dearly.
f0224e10dda9 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 5:18:56 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
This passage (5.97.6-10) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already underway against the backdrop of an unavoidable war. Dharma unfolds here through speech, the choice of an embassy, fidelity to one's word, and the responsibility kings bear for the consequences of their decisions.