The Kauravas Take Counsel: Shakuni Urges War, Saumadatti Urges Peace

Verse 1 (1.217.1)

ततो राज्ञां चरैराप्तैः प्रवृत्तिरुपनीयत । पाण्डवैरुपसंपन्ना द्रौपदी पतिभिः शुभा ॥

tato rājñāṃ carairāptaiḥ pravṛttirupanīyata | pāṇḍavairupasaṃpannā draupadī patibhiḥ śubhā

Then trusted spies brought the kings the news that the lovely Draupadi had been joined to the Pandavas as her husbands;

Note on the text: Corrected चैरराप्तैः → चरैराप्तैः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel sign, as in the critical edition "carair āptaiḥ").

Verse 2 (1.217.2)

येन तद्धनुरादाय लक्ष्यं विद्धं महात्मना । सोऽर्जुनो जयतां श्रेष्ठो महाबाणधनुर्धरः ॥

yena taddhanurādāya lakṣyaṃ viddhaṃ mahātmanā | so'rjuno jayatāṃ śreṣṭho mahābāṇadhanurdharaḥ

that the great-souled one who took up that bow and pierced the target was Arjuna, foremost of victors, bearer of the great bow and great arrows;

Verse 3 (1.217.3)

यः शल्यं मद्रराजं वै प्रोत्क्षिप्यापातयद्बली । त्रासयामास संक्रुद्धो वृक्षेण पुरुषान्रणे ॥

yaḥ śalyaṃ madrarājaṃ vai protkṣipyāpātayadbalī | trāsayāmāsa saṃkruddho vṛkṣeṇa puruṣānraṇe

that the strong one who lifted up Shalya, king of the Madras, and threw him down, and who in his fury terrified men in the fight with a tree,

Verse 4 (1.217.4)

न चास्य संभ्रमः कश्चिदासीत्तत्र महात्मनः । स भीमो भीमसंस्पर्शः शत्रुसेनाङ्गपातनः ॥

na cāsya saṃbhramaḥ kaścidāsīttatra mahātmanaḥ | sa bhīmo bhīmasaṃsparśaḥ śatrusenāṅgapātanaḥ

and who felt no alarm there at all, that great-souled one was Bhima, terrible to the touch, who strikes down the ranks of enemy armies;

Verse 5 (1.217.5)

योऽसावत्यक्रमीद्युध्यन्युद्धे दुर्योधनं तथा । स राजा पाण्डवश्रेष्ठः पुण्यभाग्बुद्धिवर्धनः ॥

yo'sāvatyakramīdyudhyanyuddhe duryodhanaṃ tathā | sa rājā pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ puṇyabhāgbuddhivardhanaḥ

that the one who, fighting, overcame Duryodhana in the combat was the king, best of the Pandavas, rich in merit, who makes wisdom grow;

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) at the start of the verse, where a passage found only in the vulgate begins (it runs to verse 6). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 6 (1.217.6)

दुर्योधनस्यावरजैर्यौ युध्येतां प्रतीपवत् । तौ यमौ वृत्तसंपन्नौ संपन्नबलविक्रमौ ॥

duryodhanasyāvarajairyau yudhyetāṃ pratīpavat | tau yamau vṛttasaṃpannau saṃpannabalavikramau

and that the two who fought stubbornly against Duryodhana's younger brothers were the twins, of good conduct and full of strength and valour.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a doubled danda and a closing quote mark) at the end of the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 7 (1.217.7)

ब्रह्मरूपधराञ्श्रुत्वा प्रशान्तान्पाण्डुनन्दनान् । कौन्तेयान्मनुजेन्द्राणां विस्मयः समजायत ॥

brahmarūpadharāñśrutvā praśāntānpāṇḍunandanān | kaunteyānmanujendrāṇāṃ vismayaḥ samajāyata

Hearing that the calm sons of Pandu, the sons of Kunti, had been in the guise of brahmins, the lords of men were filled with wonder.

Verse 8 (1.217.8)

पौरा हि सर्वे राजन्याः समपद्यन्त विस्मिताः । सपुत्रा हि पुरा कुन्ती दग्धा जतुगृहे श्रुता ॥

paurā hi sarve rājanyāḥ samapadyanta vismitāḥ | saputrā hi purā kuntī dagdhā jatugṛhe śrutā

All the citizens and the princes were astonished, for it had been heard that Kunti and her sons had earlier been burnt in the house of lac.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is the critical edition's 1.192.6ab.

Verse 9 (1.217.9)

सर्वभूमिपतीनां च राष्ट्राणां च यशस्विनी । पुनर्जातानिव च तांस्तेऽमन्यन्त नराधिपाः ॥

sarvabhūmipatīnāṃ ca rāṣṭrāṇāṃ ca yaśasvinī | punarjātāniva ca tāṃste'manyanta narādhipāḥ

She had been renowned among all the lords of the earth and their kingdoms; and now the kings looked on her sons as though they had been born again.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is a variant of the critical edition's 1.192.6cd ("punarjātān iti smaitān manyante sarvapārthivāḥ").

Verse 10 (1.217.10)

धिगकुर्वंस्तदा भीष्मं धृतराष्ट्रं च कौरवम् । कर्मणाऽतिनृशंसेन पुरोचनकृतेन वै ॥

dhigakurvaṃstadā bhīṣmaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca kauravam | karmaṇā'tinṛśaṃsena purocanakṛtena vai

Then they reproached Bhishma and Dhritarashtra of the Kurus for the utterly cruel deed carried out by Purochana,

Verse 11 (1.217.11)

धार्मिकान्वृत्तसंपन्नान्मातुः प्रियहिते रतान् । यदा तानीदृशान्पार्थानुत्सादयितुमिच्छति ॥

dhārmikānvṛttasaṃpannānmātuḥ priyahite ratān | yadā tānīdṛśānpārthānutsādayitumicchati

since he sought to destroy such sons of Pritha as these, righteous, of good conduct, and devoted to the welfare and pleasure of their mother.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 12 (1.217.12)

ततः स्वयंवरे वृत्ते धार्तराष्ट्राश्च भारत । मन्त्रयन्ति ततः सर्वे कर्णसौबलदूषिताः ॥

tataḥ svayaṃvare vṛtte dhārtarāṣṭrāśca bhārata | mantrayanti tataḥ sarve karṇasaubaladūṣitāḥ

Then, when the svayamvara was over, O Bharata, the sons of Dhritarashtra, all of them led astray by Karna and Saubala (Shakuni), took counsel together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 13 (1.217.13)

कश्चिच्छत्रुः कर्शनीयः पीडनीयस्तथाऽपरः । उत्सादनीयाः कौन्तेयाः सर्वक्षत्रस्य मे मताः ॥

kaścicchatruḥ karśanīyaḥ pīḍanīyastathā'paraḥ | utsādanīyāḥ kaunteyāḥ sarvakṣatrasya me matāḥ

"One enemy is to be worn down, another harassed; but the sons of Kunti, in my view, are to be wiped out by the whole warrior order.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 14 (1.217.14)

एवं पराजिताः सर्वे यदि यूयं गमिष्यथ । अकृत्वा संविदं कांचिन्मनस्तप्स्यत्यसंशयम् ॥

evaṃ parājitāḥ sarve yadi yūyaṃ gamiṣyatha | akṛtvā saṃvidaṃ kāṃcinmanastapsyatyasaṃśayam

If you all go away defeated like this, without settling on any plan, your hearts will burn with regret, there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 15 (1.217.15)

अयं देशश्च कालश्च पाण्डवाहरणाय नः । न चेदेवं करिष्यध्वं लोके हास्या भविष्यथ ॥

ayaṃ deśaśca kālaśca pāṇḍavāharaṇāya naḥ | na cedevaṃ kariṣyadhvaṃ loke hāsyā bhaviṣyatha

This is the place and the time for us to make away with the Pandavas. If you do not act so, you will be the laughing-stock of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 16 (1.217.16)

यमेते संश्रिता वस्तुं कामयन्ते च भूमिपम् । सोऽल्पवीर्यबलो राजा द्रुपदो वै मतो मम ॥

yamete saṃśritā vastuṃ kāmayante ca bhūmipam | so'lpavīryabalo rājā drupado vai mato mama

The king with whom they have taken shelter and wish to live, Drupada, is in my judgement a king of little valour and strength.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 17 (1.217.17)

यावदेतान्न जानन्ति जीवतो वृष्णिपुङ्गवाः । चैद्यश्च पुरुषव्याघ्रः शिशुपालः प्रतापवान् ॥

yāvadetānna jānanti jīvato vṛṣṇipuṅgavāḥ | caidyaśca puruṣavyāghraḥ śiśupālaḥ pratāpavān

As long as the bulls of the Vrishnis do not know that they are alive, nor the valiant Shishupala of Chedi, tiger among men,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 18 (1.217.18)

एकीभावं गतो राज्ञा द्रुपदेन महात्मना । दुराधर्षतरा राजन्भविष्यन्ति न संशयः ॥

ekībhāvaṃ gato rājñā drupadena mahātmanā | durādharṣatarā rājanbhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ

(for once he has made common cause with the great-souled King Drupada, they will become far harder to overcome, O king, there is no doubt)

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 19 (1.217.19)

यावच्चञ्चलतां सर्वे प्राप्नुवन्ति नराधिपाः । तावदेव व्यवस्यामः पाण्डवानां वधं प्रति ॥

yāvaccañcalatāṃ sarve prāpnuvanti narādhipāḥ | tāvadeva vyavasyāmaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ vadhaṃ prati

and as long as all the kings are still wavering, so long let us set our minds on killing the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 20 (1.217.20)

मुक्ता जतुगृहाद्भीमादाशीविषमुखादिव । पुनस्ते यदि मुच्यन्ते महन्नो भयमागतम् ॥

muktā jatugṛhādbhīmādāśīviṣamukhādiva | punaste yadi mucyante mahanno bhayamāgatam

They escaped from the dreadful house of lac as if from the mouth of a venomous serpent. If they escape again, great danger has come upon us.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 21 (1.217.21)

तेषामिहोपयातानामेषां तु चिरवासिनाम् । अन्तरे दुष्करं स्थातुं गजयोर्महतोरिव ॥

teṣāmihopayātānāmeṣāṃ tu ciravāsinām | antare duṣkaraṃ sthātuṃ gajayormahatoriva

Between these who have come here and those who have long dwelt here, it is hard to stand, as between two great elephants.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 22 (1.217.22)

हनध्वं प्रगृहीतानि बलानि बलिनां वराः । यावन्नः कुरुसेनायां पतन्ति पतगा इव ॥

hanadhvaṃ pragṛhītāni balāni balināṃ varāḥ | yāvannaḥ kurusenāyāṃ patanti patagā iva

Strike, best of the strong, at their forces while they are still being mustered, before they swoop upon the Kuru army like birds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 23 (1.217.23)

तावत्सर्वाभिसारेण पुरमेतद्विहन्यताम् । एतन्मम मतं चैव प्राप्तकालं नरर्षभ ॥

tāvatsarvābhisāreṇa purametadvihanyatām | etanmama mataṃ caiva prāptakālaṃ nararṣabha

Before that, let this city be destroyed in an all-out assault. This is my counsel, bull among men, and its hour has come."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 24 (1.217.24)

शकुनेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा भाषमाणस्य दुर्मतेः । सौमदत्तिरिदं वाक्यं जगाद परमं ततः ॥

śakunervacanaṃ śrutvā bhāṣamāṇasya durmateḥ | saumadattiridaṃ vākyaṃ jagāda paramaṃ tataḥ

Hearing the words of the evil-minded Shakuni as he spoke, Saumadatti then uttered this excellent counsel:

Note on the text: Corrected सोमदत्तिरिदं → सौमदत्तिरिदं (misprint in Wikisource; the patronymic needs vṛddhi, as at 218.1 and in the critical edition's appendix "saumadattir"). Speaker heading printed as वैशंपायन, normalised to वैशम्पायन. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 25 (1.217.25)

प्रकृतीः सप्त वै ज्ञात्वा आत्मनश्च परस्य च । तथा देशं च कालं च षड्विधान्स नयेद्गुणान् ॥

prakṛtīḥ sapta vai jñātvā ātmanaśca parasya ca | tathā deśaṃ ca kālaṃ ca ṣaḍvidhānsa nayedguṇān

"A king should know the seven constituents of the state, his own and the enemy's, and likewise the place and the time, and should apply the six measures of policy;

Note on the text: Corrected नयोद्गुणान् → नयेद्गुणान् (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign, the critical edition's appendix reads "nayed guṇān"). Saumadatti's speech (introduced in verse 24) runs to verse 45; Wikisource prints no speaker line and carries वैशंपायन over. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 26 (1.217.26)

स्थानं वृद्धिं क्षयं चैव भूमिं मित्राणि विक्रमम् । प्रसमीक्ष्याभियुञ्जीत परं व्यसनपीडितम् ॥

sthānaṃ vṛddhiṃ kṣayaṃ caiva bhūmiṃ mitrāṇi vikramam | prasamīkṣyābhiyuñjīta paraṃ vyasanapīḍitam

having carefully weighed position, growth and decline, territory, allies and valour, he should attack an enemy who is beset by misfortune.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 27 (1.217.27)

ततोऽहं पाण्डवान्मन्ये मित्रकोशसमन्वितान् । बलस्थान्विक्रमस्थांश्च स्वकृतैः प्रकृतिप्रियान् ॥

tato'haṃ pāṇḍavānmanye mitrakośasamanvitān | balasthānvikramasthāṃśca svakṛtaiḥ prakṛtipriyān

But I see the Pandavas well furnished with allies and treasure, firm in strength and firm in valour, and dear to their people for what they have done.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 28 (1.217.28)

वपुषा हि तु भूतानां नेत्राणि हृदयानि च । श्रोत्रं मधुरया वाचा रमयत्यर्जुनो नृणाम् ॥

vapuṣā hi tu bhūtānāṃ netrāṇi hṛdayāni ca | śrotraṃ madhurayā vācā ramayatyarjuno nṛṇām

By his beauty Arjuna delights the eyes and hearts of all beings, and by his sweet speech the ears of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 29 (1.217.29)

न तु केवलदैवेन प्रजा भावेन भेजिरे । यद्बभूव मनःकान्तं कर्मणा स चकार तत् ॥

na tu kevaladaivena prajā bhāvena bhejire | yadbabhūva manaḥkāntaṃ karmaṇā sa cakāra tat

The people did not turn to him by destiny alone but out of love; whatever was pleasing to their minds, he brought about by his deeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7. A near-identical couplet stands in the main text of the critical edition at 1.214.10, in another context.

Verse 30 (1.217.30)

न ह्ययुक्तं न चासक्तं नानृतं न च विप्रियम् । भाषितं चारुभाषस्य जज्ञे पार्थस्य भारती ॥

na hyayuktaṃ na cāsaktaṃ nānṛtaṃ na ca vipriyam | bhāṣitaṃ cārubhāṣasya jajñe pārthasya bhāratī

From Partha, so sweet of speech, no word ever came that was unfitting, irrelevant, false or unkind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7. A near-identical couplet stands in the main text of the critical edition at 1.214.11, in another context.

Verse 31 (1.217.31)

तानेवंगुणसंपन्नान्संपन्नान्राजलक्षणैः । न तान्पश्यामि ये शक्ताः समुच्छेत्तुं यथा बलात् ॥

tānevaṃguṇasaṃpannānsaṃpannānrājalakṣaṇaiḥ | na tānpaśyāmi ye śaktāḥ samucchettuṃ yathā balāt

Men so endowed with virtues and with the marks of kings, I see no one able to uproot them by force.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 32 (1.217.32)

प्रभावशक्तिर्विपुला मन्त्रशक्तिश्च पुष्कला । तथैवोत्साहशक्तिश्च पार्थेष्वप्यधितिष्ठति ॥

prabhāvaśaktirvipulā mantraśaktiśca puṣkalā | tathaivotsāhaśaktiśca pārtheṣvapyadhitiṣṭhati

Abundant power of majesty, ample power of counsel, and likewise the power of energy reside in the sons of Pritha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 33 (1.217.33)

मौलमित्रबलानां च कालज्ञो वै युधिष्ठिरः । साम्ना दानेन भेदेन दण्डेनेति युधिष्ठिरः ॥

maulamitrabalānāṃ ca kālajño vai yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | sāmnā dānena bhedena daṇḍeneti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Yudhishthira knows the right time to employ his hereditary troops and his allies' forces; Yudhishthira seeks, by conciliation, gifts, sowing dissension and force,

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्टिरः → युधिष्ठिरः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong consonant in the first line, as in the second line and the critical edition's appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 34 (1.217.34)

अमित्रांश्च ततो जेतुं न रोषेणेति मे मतिः । परिक्रीय धनैः शत्रुं मित्राणि च बलानि च ॥

amitrāṃśca tato jetuṃ na roṣeṇeti me matiḥ | parikrīya dhanaiḥ śatruṃ mitrāṇi ca balāni ca

to conquer his enemies, and not through anger; that is my view. Buying over the foe with wealth, and gaining allies and forces,

Note on the text: Corrected जेतुनं न → जेतुं न (misprint in Wikisource; an intruded akshara spoils the word and the metre; the critical edition's appendix reads "jetuṃ na"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 35 (1.217.35)

मूलं च सुकृतं कृत्वा भुङ्क्ते भूमिं च पाण्डवः । अशक्यान्पाण्डवान्मन्ये देवैरपि सवासवैः ॥

mūlaṃ ca sukṛtaṃ kṛtvā bhuṅkte bhūmiṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ | aśakyānpāṇḍavānmanye devairapi savāsavaiḥ

and making his base secure, the Pandava enjoys the earth. I hold the Pandavas unconquerable even by the gods with Vasava (Indra),

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 36 (1.217.36)

येषामर्थे सदा युक्तौ कृष्णसंकर्षणावुभौ । श्रेयश्च यदि मन्यध्वं मन्मतं यदि वा मतम् ॥

yeṣāmarthe sadā yuktau kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāvubhau | śreyaśca yadi manyadhvaṃ manmataṃ yadi vā matam

for whose sake Krishna and Sankarshana both stand ever ready. If you think it for the best, if my counsel is agreed,

Note on the text: Corrected मन्यद्वं → मन्यध्वं (misprint in Wikisource; wrong consonant, the critical edition's appendix reads "manyadhvaṃ"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 37 (1.217.37)

संविदं पाण्डवैः सर्वैः कृत्वा याम यथागतम् । गोपुराट्टालकैरुच्चैरुपतल्पशतैरपि ॥

saṃvidaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ sarvaiḥ kṛtvā yāma yathāgatam | gopurāṭṭālakairuccairupatalpaśatairapi

let us make a compact with all the Pandavas and go back as we came. With lofty gate-towers and watch-towers and hundreds of upper galleries

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 38 (1.217.38)

गुप्तं पुरवरश्रेष्ठमेतदद्भिश्च संवृतम् । तृणधान्येन्धनरसैस्तथा यन्त्रायुधौषधैः ॥

guptaṃ puravaraśreṣṭhametadadbhiśca saṃvṛtam | tṛṇadhānyendhanarasaistathā yantrāyudhauṣadhaiḥ

this finest of cities is guarded, and it is girded by water; it is stocked with grass, grain, fuel and liquids, and with engines, weapons and medicines;

Note on the text: Corrected तृणधान्येन्धरसैस्तथा → तृणधान्येन्धनरसैस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara in इन्धन "fuel", as in the critical edition's appendix "tṛṇadhānyendhanarasais"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 39 (1.217.39)

युक्तं बहुकवाटैश्च द्रव्यागारसुवेदिकैः । भीमोच्छ्रितमहाचक्रं बृहदट्टालसंवृतम् ॥

yuktaṃ bahukavāṭaiśca dravyāgārasuvedikaiḥ | bhīmocchritamahācakraṃ bṛhadaṭṭālasaṃvṛtam

it has many gates, storehouses and fine platforms, great wheels raised fearsomely high, and is ringed by great towers;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 40 (1.217.40)

दृढप्राकारनिर्यूहं शतघ्नीशतसंकुलम् । ऐष्टको दारवो वप्रो मानुषश्चेति यः स्मृतः ॥

dṛḍhaprākāraniryūhaṃ śataghnīśatasaṃkulam | aiṣṭako dāravo vapro mānuṣaśceti yaḥ smṛtaḥ

it has strong ramparts and turrets and bristles with hundreds of shataghnis. Of the defences that are spoken of, of brick, of wood, of earth and of men,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 41 (1.217.41)

प्राकारकर्तृभिर्वीरैर्नृगर्भस्तत्र पूजितः । तदेतन्नरगर्भेण पाण्डरेण विराजते ॥

prākārakartṛbhirvīrairnṛgarbhastatra pūjitaḥ | tadetannaragarbheṇa pāṇḍareṇa virājate

the heroes who build ramparts most esteem the one with a core of men; and this city shines with just such a white wall, manned within,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 42 (1.217.42)

सालेनानेकतालेन सर्वतः संवृतं पुरम् । अनुरक्ताः प्रकृतयो द्रुपदस्य महात्मनः ॥

sālenānekatālena sarvataḥ saṃvṛtaṃ puram | anuraktāḥ prakṛtayo drupadasya mahātmanaḥ

a wall many palms high that encloses the city on every side. The subjects of the great-souled Drupada are devoted to him,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 43 (1.217.43)

दानमानार्जिताः सर्वे बाह्याभ्यन्तरगाश्च ये । प्रतिरुद्धानिमाञ्ज्ञात्वा राजभिर्भीमविक्रमैः ॥

dānamānārjitāḥ sarve bāhyābhyantaragāśca ye | pratiruddhānimāñjñātvā rājabhirbhīmavikramaiḥ

all of them won by gifts and honours, both those outside and those within. Learning that these have been besieged by kings of fearsome valour,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 44 (1.217.44)

उपयास्यन्ति दाशार्हाः समुदग्रोच्छ्रितायुधाः । तस्मात्संधिं वयं कृत्वा धार्तराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवैः ॥

upayāsyanti dāśārhāḥ samudagrocchritāyudhāḥ | tasmātsaṃdhiṃ vayaṃ kṛtvā dhārtarāṣṭrasya pāṇḍavaiḥ

the Dasharhas will come up with their weapons raised high. Therefore let us make peace between Dhritarashtra's son and the Pandavas

Note on the text: Corrected संन्धिं → संधिं (misprint in Wikisource; doubled nasal, the critical edition's appendix reads "saṃdhiṃ"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 45 (1.217.45)

स्वराष्ट्रमेव गच्छामो यद्याप्तं वचनं मम । एतन्मम मतं सर्वैः क्रियतां यदि रोचते । एतद्धि सुकृतं मन्ये क्षेमं चापि महीक्षिताम् ॥

svarāṣṭrameva gacchāmo yadyāptaṃ vacanaṃ mama | etanmama mataṃ sarvaiḥ kriyatāṃ yadi rocate | etaddhi sukṛtaṃ manye kṣemaṃ cāpi mahīkṣitām

and go back to our own kingdoms, if my words seem sound. Let this counsel of mine be followed by all, if it pleases you; for this I hold to be well done, and for the good of the kings."

Note on the text: Corrected महीभिताम् → महीक्षिताम् (misprint in Wikisource; wrong akshara, the critical edition's appendix reads "mahīkṣitām"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.