Mahabharata 3.9: navamo'dhyāyaḥ

3.9.1

vyāsa uvāca |
dhṛtarāṣṭra mahāprājña nibodha vacanaṃ mama |
vakṣyāmi tvā kauravāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ hitamuttamam || 1 ||

"Vyasa said, 'O wise Dhritarashtra, hear what I say! I will tell thee that which is for the great good of all the Kauravas! O thou of mighty arms, it hath not pleased me that the Pandavas have gone to the forest dishonestly defeated (at dice) by Duryodhana and others! O Bharata, on the expiration of the thirteenth year, recollecting all their woes, they may shower death-dealing weapons, even like virulent poison, upon the Kauravas! Why doth thy sinful son of wicked heart, ever inflamed with ire, seek to slay the sons of Pandu for the sake of their kingdom? Let the fool be restrained; let thy son remain quiet! In attempting to slay the Pandavas in exile, he will only lose his own life. Thou art as honest as the wise Vidura, or Bhishma, or ourselves, or Kripa, or Drona, O thou of great wisdom, dissension with one's own kin are forbidden, sinful and reprehensible! Therefore, O king, it behoveth thee to desist from such acts! And, O Bharata, Duryodhana looketh with such jealousy towards the Pandavas that great harm would be the consequence, if thou didst not interfere. Or let this wicked son of thine, O monarch, along and unaccompanied, himself go to the forest and live with the sons of Pandu. For then, if the Pandavas, from association, feel an attachment for Duryodhana, then, O king of men, good fortune may be thine. (This, however, may not be)! For it hath been heard that one's congenital nature leaveth him not till death. But what do Bhishma and Drona and Vidura think? What also dost thou think? That which is beneficial should be done while there is time, else thy purposes will be unrealised.'"

3.9.2

na me priyaṃ mahābāho yadgatāḥ pāṇḍavā vanam |
nikṛtyā nirjitāścaiva duryodhanavaśānugaiḥ || 2 ||

3.9.3

te smarantaḥ parikleśānvarṣe pūrṇe trayodaśe |
vimokṣyanti viṣaṃ kruddhāḥ kauraveyeṣu bhārata || 3 ||

3.9.4

tadayaṃ kiṃ nu pāpātmā tava putraḥ sumandadhīḥ |
pāṇḍavānnityasaṃkruddho rājyahetorjighāṃsati || 4 ||

3.9.5

vāryatāṃ sādhvayaṃ mūḍhaḥ śamaṃ gacchatu te sutaḥ |
vanasthāṃstānayaṃ hantumicchanprāṇairvimokṣyate || 5 ||

3.9.6

yathāha viduraḥ prājño yathā bhīṣmo yathā vayam |
yathā kṛpaśca droṇaśca tathā sādhu vidhīyatām || 6 ||

3.9.7

vigraho hi mahāprājña svajanena vigarhitaḥ |
adharmyamayaśasyaṃ ca mā rājanpratipadyathāḥ || 7 ||

3.9.8

samīkṣā yādṛśī hyasya pāṇḍavānprati bhārata |
upekṣyamāṇā sā rājanmahāntamanayaṃ spṛśet || 8 ||

3.9.9

atha vāyaṃ sumandātmā vanaṃ gacchatu te sutaḥ |
pāṇḍavaiḥ sahito rājanneka evāsahāyavān || 9 ||

3.9.10

tataḥ saṃsargajaḥ snehaḥ putrasya tava pāṇḍavaiḥ |
yadi syātkṛtakāryo'dya bhavestvaṃ manujeśvara || 10 ||

3.9.11

atha vā jāyamānasya yacchīlamanujāyate |
śrūyate tanmahārāja nāmṛtasyāpasarpati || 11 ||

3.9.12

kathaṃ vā manyate bhīṣmo droṇo vā viduro'pi vā |
bhavānvātra kṣamaṃ kāryaṃ purā cārtho'tivartate || 12 ||