भगवद्यान पर्व

Vasudeva said Though thus spoken to by Bhishma and Drona and Vidura and Gandhari and Dhritarashtra, the fool was yet not brought to his senses.

On the other hand that fool, with his eyes red with anger, disregarding them all, went away; and after him the kings who had abandoned all hopes of life followed.

The king also again and again said to these rulers of men who had lost their senses: "Go to: the Kurukshetra, today is the constellation Pushya on the ascendant.

Then did those rulers of the earth along with their commander. They looked cheerful as if urged by death himself.

Eleven Akshauhinis have assembled for the Kurus and in the foremost ranks of those is shining Bhishma who has a flag-staff as high as a palm tree.

Do that, O lord, which is suitable in this crisis, and under the present circumstances. The worlds that had been said by Bhishma, those by Drona and by Vidura,

And by Gandhari and by Dhritarashtra in my presence, O Bharata, in fact every thing that took place in the assembly of the Kurus, I have told you, O king.

All the means commencing with conciliation have been employed by me, desirous of bringing on brotherly feelings among you, so that there might not be a dispute and a destruction of the human race.

When I saw that conciliation was not acceptable, I employed "disunion” (i.e. I sought to effect my purpose by creating disunion among his warriors) and I described your deeds, ordinary and superhuman.

When I saw that Suyodhana did not accept my words of conciliation, I had all the rulers of the earth brought before me and tried to create disunion among them.

0 lord, strange, fierce and hard manifestations beyond human capabilities were shown by me, O Bharata.

Finding fault with these and holding up Suyodhana to ridicule, describing him as a straw again and again I tried to frighten the son of Radha and the son of Subala.

Then again finding fault with the match at dice of the sons of Dhritarashtra I tried to create disunion among those rulers of the earth by means of eloquence and by intrigues.

Then again did I speak of conciliation and then of gifts so that there might not be any disunion in the race of the Kurus and our object be accomplished.

I said-"Those heroes, the sons of Pandu, will remain dependent on Dhritarashtra, Bhishma and Vidura as their subordinates, abandoning their pride.

Let the kingdom be given to you and let them not be lords of the kingdom. What the king (Dhritarashtra) and the son of Ganga and Vidura said is beneficial to you.

Let the entire kingdom be yours but give up only five villages; for surely they ought to be supported be your father, O best of kings.

Even thus spoken to the wicked-souled one did not give up any share and I can only see the forth means (punishment) for these wickedsouled ones and nothing else.

The lords of men have set out for Kurukshetra-only to meet with destruction; I have now toid you what happened in the assembly of the Kurus.

They will not give up the kingdom without war, O son of Pandu. All, of them being the cause of a universal massacre, are coming within the very pale of death.