 | Book 4 Chapter 46
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | sādhu paśyati vai droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ sādhv anupaśyati
karṇas tu kṣatradharmeṇa yathāvad yoddhum icchati
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| 2 | ācāryo nābhiṣaktavyaḥ puruṣeṇa vijānatā
deśakālau tu saṃprekṣya yoddhavyam iti me matiḥ
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| 3 | yasya sūryasamāḥ pañca sapatnāḥ syuḥ prahāriṇaḥ
katham abhyudaye teṣāṃ na pramuhyeta paṇḍitaḥ
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| 4 | svārthe sarve vimuhyanti ye 'pi dharmavido janāḥ
tasmād rājan bravīmy eṣa vākyaṃ te yadi rocate
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| 5 | karṇo yad abhyavocan nas tejaḥsaṃjananāya tat
ācāryaputraḥ kṣamatāṃ mahat kāryam upasthitam
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| 6 | nāyaṃ kālo virodhasya kaunteye samupasthite
kṣantavyaṃ bhavatā sarvam ācāryeṇa kṛpeṇa ca
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| 7 | bhavatāṃ hi kṛtāstratvaṃ yathāditye prabhā tathā
yathā candramaso lakṣma sarvathā nāpakṛṣyate
evaṃ bhavatsu brāhmaṇyaṃ brahmāstraṃ ca pratiṣṭhitam
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| 8 | catvāra ekato vedāḥ kṣātram ekatra dṛśyate
naitat samastam ubhayaṃ kasmiṃś cid anuśuśrumaḥ
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| 9 | anyatra bhāratācāryāt saputrād iti me matiḥ
brahmāstraṃ caiva vedāś ca naitad anyatra dṛśyate
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| 10 | ācāryaputraḥ kṣamatāṃ nāyaṃ kālaḥ svabhedane
sarve saṃhatya yudhyāmaḥ pākaśāsanim āgatam
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| 11 | balasya vyasanānīha yāny uktāni manīṣibhiḥ
mukhyo bhedo hi teṣāṃ vai pāpiṣṭho viduṣāṃ mataḥ
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| 12 | aśvatthāmovāca
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| 12 | ācārya eva kṣamatāṃ śāntir atra vidhīyatām
abhiṣajyamāne hi gurau tadvṛttaṃ roṣakāritam
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| 13 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 13 | tato duryodhano droṇaṃ kṣamayām āsa bhārata
saha karṇena bhīṣmeṇa kṛpeṇa ca mahātmanā
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| 14 | droṇa uvāca
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| 14 | yad eva prathamaṃ vākyaṃ bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo 'bravīt
tenaivāhaṃ prasanno vai param atra vidhīyatām
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| 15 | yathā duryodhane 'yatte nāgaḥ spṛśati sainikān
sāhasād yadi vā mohāt tathā nītir vidhīyatām
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| 16 | vanavāse hy anirvṛtte darśayen na dhanaṃjayaḥ
dhanaṃ vālabhamāno 'tra nādya naḥ kṣantum arhati
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| 17 | yathā nāyaṃ samāyujyād dhārtarāṣṭrān kathaṃ cana
yathā ca na parājayyāt tathā nītir vidhīyatām
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| 18 | uktaṃ duryodhanenāpi purastād vākyam īdṛśam
tad anusmṛtya gāṅgeya yathāvad vaktum arhasi
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