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\nUDYOGA PARVA<\/font><\/span><\/b> <\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\n\t\tCANTO ONE<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\n <\/span>L<\/font><\/b><\/span>et the reciter bow down to
\nNaraian, likewise to Nara the Highest Male, also to our Lady the Muse (Goddess
\nSaraswati), and thereafter utter the word of Hail!<\/span><\/p>\n

Vaishampayan continueth:<\/span><\/p>\n

But
\nthe hero Kurus and who clove .to them thereafter having per\u00adformed joyously the
\nmarriage of Abhimanyu rested that night and then <\/i>at dawn went glad to
\nthe Assembly hall of Virata.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now
\nwealthy was that hall of the lord of Matsya with mosaic of gems excellent and
\nperfect jewels, with seats set out, garlanded, perfumed; thither went those
\ngreat among the kings of men.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Then took their seats in front the two high
\nkings, Drupada and Virata, old they and honoured of earth\u2019s lords, and Rama and
\nJanardan with their father. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now
\nby the Panchala king was the hero Shini with the son of Rohinie but very near
\nlikewise to the Matsya king Janardan and Yudhishthira;<\/span><\/p>\n

And
\nall the sons of Drupada, Bhima, Arjuna and the sons of Madravatie and Pradyumna
\nand Samba, heroes in the strife, and Abhimanyu with the children of Virata;<\/span><\/p>\n

And
\nall those heroes equal to their fathers in heroism and beauty and strength sat
\ndown, the princely boys, sons of Draupadie, on noble seats curious with gold.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus
\nas those great warriors sat with shining ornaments and shining robes rich shone
\nthat senate of kings like wide heaven with its stainless stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shlokas 1-7<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cTo
\nall of you it is known how Yudhishthira here was conquered by Saubala in the hall
\nof the dicing; by fraud was he conquered and his king\u00addom torn from him and
\ncontract made of exile in the forest; and though infallible in the mellay,
\nthough able by force impetuous to conquer the whole earth, yet the sons of
\nPandu stood by their honour religiously; harsh and austere their vow but for
\nthe six years and the seven they kept it, nob\u00adlest of men, the sons of Pandu;
\nand this the thirteenth year and most <\/span><\/p>\n

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difficult they have passed
\nbefore all your eyes unrecognised; in exile they passed it, the mighty-minded
\nones, suffering many and intolerable hard\u00adships, in the service of strangers,
\nin menial employments cherishing their desire of the kingdom that belongeth to
\ntheir lineage. Since this is so, do ye think out somewhat that shall be for the
\ngood both of the King, the son of Righteousness and of Duryodhana, just and
\nglorious and worthy of the great Kurus; for Yudhishthira the just would not
\ndesire even the kingship of the gods unjustly, yet would he cling to the lordship
\nof some small village which he might hold with expediency and justice. For it
\nis known to you kings how by dishonest proceeding his father\u2019s kingdom was torn
\nfrom him by the sons of Dhritarashtra and himself cast into great and
\nunbearable danger; for not in battle did they conquer him by their own prowess,
\nthese sons of Dhritarashtra; even so the king with his friends desired the
\nwelfare of his wrongers. But what the sons of Pandu with their own hands
\namassed by conquest crushing the lords of earth, that these mighty ones demand,
\neven Kuntie\u2019s sons and Madravatie\u2019s. But even when they were children, they
\nwere sought by various means to be slain of their banded foemen, savage and
\nunrighteous, for greed of their kingdom; yea, all this is known to you utterly.
\nConsidering therefore their growing greed and the righ\u00adteousness of
\nYudhishthira, considering also their close kinship, form you a judgment each
\nman to himself and together. And since these have always clung to truth and
\nloyally observed the contract, if they know they are wronged, they may well
\nslay all the sons of Dhritarashtra. And hearing of any wrong done by these in
\nthis business their friends would gather round, the Pandavas, yea and repel war
\nwith war and slay them. If natheless ye deem these too weak in numbers for
\nvictory, yet would they all band toge\u00adther and with their friends at last to
\nstrive to destroy them. Moreover none knoweth the mind of Duryodhan rightly,
\nwhat he meaneth to do, and what can you decide that shall be the best to set
\nabout when you know not the mind of your foeman? Therefore let one go hence,
\nsome virtuous, pure-minded and careful man such as shall be an able envoy for
\ntheir appease\u00adment and the gift of half the kingdom to Yudhishthira. This
\nhearing, the just, expedient, sweet and impartial speech of Janardan,<\/span><\/p>\n

the elder
\nbrother of him took up the word, O prince, honouring the younger\u2019s speech even reatly.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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Shlokas 10-26<\/span><\/p>\n

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