 | Book 5 Chapter 20
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | sa tu kauravyam āsādya drupadasya purohitaḥ
satkṛto dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa bhīṣmeṇa vidureṇa ca
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| 2 | sarvaṃ kauśalyam uktvādau pṛṣṭvā caivam anāmayam
sarvasenāpraṇetṝṇāṃ madhye vākyam uvāca ha
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| 3 | sarvair bhavadbhir vidito rājadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
vākyopādānahetos tu vakṣyāmi vidite sati
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| 4 | dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca pāṇḍuś ca sutāv ekasya viśrutau
tayoḥ samānaṃ draviṇaṃ paitṛkaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 5 | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya ye putrās te prāptāḥ paitṛkaṃ vasu
pāṇḍuputrāḥ kathaṃ nāma na prāptāḥ paitṛkaṃ vasu
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| 6 | evaṃ gate pāṇḍaveyair viditaṃ vaḥ purā yathā
na prāptaṃ paitṛkaṃ dravyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭreṇa saṃvṛtam
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| 7 | prāṇāntikair apy upāyaiḥ prayatadbhir anekaśaḥ
śeṣavanto na śakitā nayituṃ yamasādanam
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| 8 | punaś ca vardhitaṃ rājyaṃ svabalena mahātmabhiḥ
chadmanāpahṛtaṃ kṣudrair dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ sasaubalaiḥ
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| 9 | tad apy anumataṃ karma tathāyuktam anena vai
vāsitāś ca mahāraṇye varṣāṇīha trayodaśa
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| 10 | sabhāyāṃ kleśitair vīraiḥ sahabhāryais tathā bhṛśam
araṇye vividhāḥ kleśāḥ saṃprāptās taiḥ sudāruṇāḥ
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| 11 | tathā virāṭanagare yonyantaragatair iva
prāptaḥ paramasaṃkleśo yathā pāpair mahātmabhiḥ
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| 12 | te sarve pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā tat sarvaṃ pūrvakilbiṣam
sāmaiva kurubhiḥ sārdham icchanti kurupuṃgavāḥ
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| 13 | teṣāṃ ca vṛttam ājñāya vṛttaṃ duryodhanasya ca
anunetum ihārhanti dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ suhṛjjanāḥ
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| 14 | na hi te vigrahaṃ vīrāḥ kurvanti kurubhiḥ saha
avināśena lokasya kāṅkṣante pāṇḍavāḥ svakam
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| 15 | yaś cāpi dhārtarāṣṭrasya hetuḥ syād vigrahaṃ prati
sa ca hetur na mantavyo balīyāṃsas tathā hi te
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| 16 | akṣauhiṇyo hi saptaiva dharmaputrasya saṃgatāḥ
yuyutsamānāḥ kurubhiḥ pratīkṣante 'sya śāsanam
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| 17 | apare puruṣavyāghrāḥ sahasrākṣauhiṇīsamāḥ
sātyakir bhīmasenaś ca yamau ca sumahābalau
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| 18 | ekādaśaitāḥ pṛtanā ekataś ca samāgatāḥ
ekataś ca mahābāhur bahurūpo dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 19 | yathā kirīṭī senābhyaḥ sarvābhyo vyatiricyate
evam eva mahābāhur vāsudevo mahādyutiḥ
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| 20 | bahulatvaṃ ca senānāṃ vikramaṃ ca kirīṭinaḥ
buddhimattāṃ ca kṛṣṇasya buddhvā yudhyeta ko naraḥ
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| 21 | te bhavanto yathādharmaṃ yathāsamayam eva ca
prayacchantu pradātavyaṃ mā vaḥ kālo 'tyagād ayam
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