Book 5 Chapter 4 | |
1 | drupada uvāca |
1 | evam etan mahābāho bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
na hi duryodhano rājyaṃ madhureṇa pradāsyati |
2 | anuvartsyati taṃ cāpi dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ sutapriyaḥ
bhīṣmadroṇau ca kārpaṇyān maurkhyād rādheyasaubalau |
3 | baladevasya vākyaṃ tu mama jñāne na yujyate
etad dhi puruṣeṇāgre kāryaṃ sunayam icchatā |
4 | na tu vācyo mṛdu vaco dhārtarāṣṭraḥ kathaṃ cana
na hi mārdavasādhyo 'sau pāpabuddhir mato mama |
5 | gardabhe mārdavaṃ kuryād goṣu tīkṣṇaṃ samācaret
mṛdu duryodhane vākyaṃ yo brūyāt pāpacetasi |
6 | mṛdu vai manyate pāpo bhāṣyamāṇam aśaktijam
jitam arthaṃ vijānīyād abudho mārdave sati |
7 | etac caiva kariṣyāmo yatnaś ca kriyatām iha
prasthāpayāma mitrebhyo balāny udyojayantu naḥ |
8 | śalyasya dhṛṣṭaketoś ca jayatsenasya cābhibhoḥ
kekayānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ dūtā gacchantu śīghragāḥ |
9 | sa tu duryodhano nūnaṃ preṣayiṣyati sarvaśaḥ
pūrvābhipannāḥ santaś ca bhajante pūrvacodakam |
10 | tat tvaradhvaṃ narendrāṇāṃ pūrvam eva pracodane
mahad dhi kāryaṃ voḍhavyam iti me vartate matiḥ |
11 | śalyasya preṣyatāṃ śīghraṃ ye ca tasyānugā nṛpāḥ
bhagadattāya rājñe ca pūrvasāgaravāsine |
12 | amitaujase tathogrāya hārdikyāyāhukāya ca
dīrghaprajñāya mallāya rocamānāya cābhibho |
13 | ānīyatāṃ bṛhantaś ca senābinduś ca pārthivaḥ
pāpajit prativindhyaś ca citravarmā suvāstukaḥ |
14 | bāhlīko muñjakeśaś ca caidyādhipatir eva ca
supārśvaś ca subāhuś ca pauravaś ca mahārathaḥ |
15 | śakānāṃ pahlavānāṃ ca daradānāṃ ca ye nṛpāḥ
kāmbojā ṛṣikā ye ca paścimānūpakāś ca ye |
16 | jayatsenaś ca kāśyaś ca tathā pañcanadā nṛpāḥ
krāthaputraś ca durdharṣaḥ pārvatīyāś ca ye nṛpāḥ |
17 | jānakiś ca suśarmā ca maṇimān pautimatsyakaḥ
pāṃsurāṣṭrādhipaś caiva dhṛṣṭaketuś ca vīryavān |
18 | auḍraś ca daṇḍadhāraś ca bṛhatsenaś ca vīryavān
aparājito niṣādaś ca śreṇimān vasumān api |
19 | bṛhadbalo mahaujāś ca bāhuḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
samudraseno rājā ca saha putreṇa vīryavān |
20 | adāriś ca nadījaś ca karṇaveṣṭaś ca pārthivaḥ
samarthaś ca suvīraś ca mārjāraḥ kanyakas tathā |
21 | mahāvīraś ca kadruś ca nikaras tumulaḥ krathaḥ
nīlaś ca vīradharmā ca bhūmipālaś ca vīryavān |
22 | durjayo dantavaktraś ca rukmī ca janamejayaḥ
āṣāḍho vāyuvegaś ca pūrvapālī ca pārthivaḥ |
23 | bhūritejā devakaś ca ekalavyasya cātmajaḥ
kārūṣakāś ca rājānaḥ kṣemadhūrtiś ca vīryavān |
24 | udbhavaḥ kṣemakaś caiva vāṭadhānaś ca pārthivaḥ
śrutāyuś ca dṛḍhāyuś ca śālvaputraś ca vīryavān |
25 | kumāraś ca kaliṅgānām īśvaro yuddhadurmadaḥ
eteṣāṃ preṣyatāṃ śīghram etad dhi mama rocate |
26 | ayaṃ ca brāhmaṇaḥ śīghraṃ mama rājan purohitaḥ
preṣyatāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrāya vākyam asmin samarpyatām |
27 | yathā duryodhano vācyo yathā śāṃtanavo nṛpaḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭro yathā vācyo droṇaś ca viduṣāṃ varaḥ |