 | Book 5 Chapter 151
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | vāsudevasya tad vākyam anusmṛtya yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
punaḥ papraccha vārṣṇeyaṃ kathaṃ mando 'bravīd idam
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| 2 | asminn abhyāgate kāle kiṃ ca naḥ kṣamam acyuta
kathaṃ ca vartamānā vai svadharmān na cyavemahi
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| 3 | duryodhanasya karṇasya śakuneḥ saubalasya ca
vāsudeva matajño 'si mama sabhrātṛkasya ca
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| 4 | vidurasyāpi te vākyaṃ śrutaṃ bhīṣmasya cobhayoḥ
kuntyāś ca vipulaprajña prajñā kārtsnyena te śrutā
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| 5 | sarvam etad atikramya vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ
yan naḥ kṣamaṃ mahābāho tad bravīhy avicārayan
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| 6 | śrutvaitad dharmarājasya dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ
meghadundubhinirghoṣaḥ kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt
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| 7 | uktavān asmi yad vākyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam
na tu tan nikṛtiprajñe kauravye pratitiṣṭhati
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| 8 | na ca bhīṣmasya durmedhāḥ śṛṇoti vidurasya vā
mama vā bhāṣitaṃ kiṃ cit sarvam evātivartate
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| 9 | na sa kāmayate dharmaṃ na sa kāmayate yaśaḥ
jitaṃ sa manyate sarvaṃ durātmā karṇam āśritaḥ
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| 10 | bandham ājñāpayām āsa mama cāpi suyodhanaḥ
na ca taṃ labdhavān kāmaṃ durātmā śāsanātigaḥ
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| 11 | na ca bhīṣmo na ca droṇo yuktaṃ tatrāhatur vacaḥ
sarve tam anuvartante ṛte viduram acyuta
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| 12 | śakuniḥ saubalaś caiva karṇaduḥśāsanāv api
tvayy ayuktāny abhāṣanta mūḍhā mūḍham amarṣaṇam
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| 13 | kiṃ ca tena mayoktena yāny abhāṣanta kauravāḥ
saṃkṣepeṇa durātmāsau na yuktaṃ tvayi vartate
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| 14 | na pārthiveṣu sarveṣu ya ime tava sainikāḥ
yat pāpaṃ yan na kalyāṇaṃ sarvaṃ tasmin pratiṣṭhitam
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| 15 | na cāpi vayam atyarthaṃ parityāgena karhi cit
kauravaiḥ śamam icchāmas tatra yuddham anantaram
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| 16 | tac chrutvā pārthivāḥ sarve vāsudevasya bhāṣitam
abruvanto mukhaṃ rājñaḥ samudaikṣanta bhārata
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| 17 | yudhiṣṭhiras tv abhiprāyam upalabhya mahīkṣitām
yogam ājñāpayām āsa bhīmārjunayamaiḥ saha
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| 18 | tataḥ kilakilābhūtam anīkaṃ pāṇḍavasya ha
ājñāpite tadā yoge samahṛṣyanta sainikāḥ
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| 19 | avadhyānāṃ vadhaṃ paśyan dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
niṣṭanan bhīmasenaṃ ca vijayaṃ cedam abravīt
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| 20 | yadarthaṃ vanavāsaś ca prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca yan mayā
so 'yam asmān upaity eva paro 'narthaḥ prayatnataḥ
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| 21 | yasmin yatnaḥ kṛto 'smābhiḥ sa no hīnaḥ prayatnataḥ
akṛte tu prayatne 'smān upāvṛttaḥ kalir mahān
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| 22 | kathaṃ hy avadhyaiḥ saṃgrāmaḥ kāryaḥ saha bhaviṣyati
kathaṃ hatvā gurūn vṛddhān vijayo no bhaviṣyati
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| 23 | tac chrutvā dharmarājasya savyasācī paraṃtapaḥ
yad uktaṃ vāsudevena śrāvayām āsa tad vacaḥ
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| 24 | uktavān devakīputraḥ kuntyāś ca vidurasya ca
vacanaṃ tat tvayā rājan nikhilenāvadhāritam
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| 25 | na ca tau vakṣyato 'dharmam iti me naiṣṭhikī matiḥ
na cāpi yuktaṃ kaunteya nivartitum ayudhyataḥ
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| 26 | tac chrutvā vāsudevo 'pi savyasācivacas tadā
smayamāno 'bravīt pārtham evam etad iti bruvan
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| 27 | tatas te dhṛtasaṃkalpā yuddhāya sahasainikāḥ
pāṇḍaveyā mahārāja tāṃ rātriṃ sukham āvasan
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