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Book seven, with juge the preparation the charm of banishment having expired, Yudister
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demanded that the kingdom of Interpress should be restored to him. The old Terastri
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and his queen, and the aged and virtuous counselors advised the restoration, but
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the jealous Deludon hated his cousins with a genuine hatrate, and diuld not cement.
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All negotiations were therefore futile, and preparations were made on both sides for
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the most sanguinary and disastrous battle that had ever been witnessed in Northern India.
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The portions translated in this book are from sections one, two, three,
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ninety four, one twenty four and one twenty six of book five of the
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original text. One Christna's peech mart and song and nuptial music waked the echoes
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of the ninth Youthful bosoms chopped with pleasure. Lovely glances sparkled bride. But
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when young and white robushas opped the golden gates of day to Berard's council chamber,
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chieftains thoughtful held their way. Stones inlaid in ark and peeler glinted in
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the glittering dawn gave fastoons and graceful garlands over the golden, cushioned shone Mitsia's
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King, Pancha's monarch, foremost seats of honor claim Krishna too, Annvaldave t
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arkerchiefs of Varietyo's fame by them sat dou bold said Tiki from the seagard western
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shore. And the godlike sons of Pandu days of dark counsulments over youthful princes
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in their splendor graced Birard's royal hall. Valiant sons of valiant fathers, brave
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in oar, accustant, tall in their jambi spangled garments, came the warriors,
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proud and high, till the council chamber glittered like the starby spangled sky
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kind to greetings sweet the converse soft golden moment's fly till intent on graver questions,
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all on Krishna torn their eye. Krishna, it is inner vision,
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then the state of things surveyed, and his thoughts before the monarchs does in
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weighty accents laid known to all the mighty monarchs. May your glory everlast true
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to ply the word yudister had his wary exile, past twelve long years with
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fair dropady in the patiless jungle strade, and the ear in menial service in
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Birrad's Palace. Staid he had kept his spighted promise, braved affliction, woo
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and shame. And he begs assembled monarchs, Ye shall now his duty name,
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For he swerved not from duty Kingdom of the sky, to win private
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hamlet Mordan Empire. So his course be free from sin, loss of realm
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and wealth and glory. Higher virtues in him prove thoughts of peace and not
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of anger. Still the good it is deer moved mark again the sleepless anger
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and the unrelenting hate, harbored by the proud Druden, driven by his luckless
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faith from a child by fire or poison, impious skyle or tree Cobb's eyes,
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he had compassed a dark destruction by deceit and low device. Ponder well,
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the gracious monarchs, with a just and righteous mind, how bit his
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deroute your council, with your grace and blessings. Kind Should the noble son
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of Pandu seek his right by open war, seek the aid of righteous monarchs
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and of Chief Dain's near and far. Should his mighty ancient foemen, skilled
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in each deceitful art, on forgiving in der vengeance, unrelenting in dear heart.
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Should he Rader send the message to the proud unbanding foe, and to
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Ruden's hefty purpose, seek by messenger to know. Should he send the noble
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envoy, trained in virtue, true and wise, with his greetings to Trurudan
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in a meek and friendly guise, ask him to restore the kingdom on the
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sacred Gemuna's shore. Either king may rule his empire as in happy days of
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your Krishna uttered words of wisdom, pregnant with his peaceful thought, for in
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peace and not by bloodshed. Still it is tish right he sought two Valdev's
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speech Krishna's elder, baldeb stolar chief who bore a plow rose and speck the
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blood of Brushni's mantled over his lofty brow. Ye have listened, pious monarchs
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to my brother's gentle word love evers to gud it is tir and to proudhest
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Dina's lord for his realm by dark blue Zemuna gooded is der held of your
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brave Duryodan ruled his kingdom on the Radigangha's shore, and once more or in
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love and friendship. Either prince may rule his share, for the lands are
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broad and fertile. Each realm is rich and fair. Speak the envoy to
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Hastina with our love and greetings. Kind Let him speak it. His der
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sushes seek to know to Ryudan's mind. Make obeisance unto Vishmah and to Dronah,
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true and bold, unto creepa archer Kern, and to chieftains young and
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old, to the sons of tretraashtre rulers of the cruel end, righteous indiar,
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kingly duties stout of heart and strong of end, to the princes and
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to burghers gathered in the council hall. Let him speak it, his der
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sushes clean, it is trescause to all speak. He not in futile anger.
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For Durudan holds the power, and it is disred. Were folly in
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this sad and luckless hour by his dearest friends dissuted, but by rage or
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madness driven he hath played and lost his empire. May his folly be forgiven
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in repressed spacious empire. Now Durudan deems his own by his tears and soft
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entreaty, let it his tears seek the throne open war, I do not
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counsel humbly seek Durudhan's grace. War will not restore the empire, nor the
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gambler's lost replace. Thus with cold and cruel candor, stalwart Waldeve cried,
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ratful Rose the brave, saidh thicky fiercely. Thus to him, replied Tree,
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said, thicky speech shame unto the halting chieftain, who thus pleads to
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Durhan's part. Timid council, Valdeve speaks, a omen's team with heart oft
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from warlike stalk, arise at a wakeling chief who bands the knee, as
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with your fruitless sapling, spring it from a fruitful tree, from a heart
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so faint and craven, faint and graven words must flow monarchs in their pride
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and glory, least not to such counsel law couldst thou Impius Valdeve meets these
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potent deaths of fame on it is tear, pious hearted cast this undeserved blame,
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challenged by his wily foemen and by dark misfortune. Crost trusting to their
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faith, it is their plaid. A righteous came and lost challenge from a
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crowned monarch, can a crowned king decline canikshata, warrior, fatom fraud in
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sons of royal line, natless, his surrendered empire, true to fate and
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plighted word lived for years in Patley's forests, in repressed, his mighty lord,
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past his ears of weary exile. Now he claims his realm of old,
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claims it not as humble suppliant, but as king and warrior, bold,
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past his ear of dark councilment, bolding Tis claims his own proud Duludan,
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Thou must render in Repressed's jeweled throne. Wishma councils, drawn arches,
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Crepa pleads for right in vain, False Turudan will not render sinful conquest,
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troughtful gain, open war. I therefore counsel ruthless and relentless war. Grace
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we seek not when we meet them speeding in our battle car and our weapons
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not entreaties. Shall our foemen force to yield, yield it iss rightful kingdom
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or the parish on the field. False to Urudon and his forces fall beneath
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our battle shock, as beneath the bolt of thunder falls the crushed and riven
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rock, who shall meet the helm lurgeon in the gory field of war.
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Krishna, it is fiery Discus mounted on his battle car, who shall face
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the twin born brothers by the mighty Vi Malad and the vengeful chief sighed Tickie
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with his bow and arrow's dread Ansi and Rupert wields his weapon peerless in the
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field of fight, and his brave son born of Ugny owns an all conjuming
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miThe of Himigneu, son of Virgin, whom the fairs of a Draboor,
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and whose happy nuptials brought us from far to Ourka's cigard shore Man on art
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nor bright immortals came the youthful hero face when with more than Urgent's proise Ofhimnu
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leads the Rays Tretraashtra's sons we conquer, and Gunter's wily son vanquished current dull
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Old honored for his deeds of valor done when the fierce contested battle and redeem
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it his tears own places the exile pious hearted on his father's ancient throne,
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and no sins I Tikey reckons slaughter of the mortal foe. But to beg
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a grace of women were immortal scene and war speed. We then, unto
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our duty, let our impious form and yield. Or the fiery son of
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Sini meets them on the battle field for trupet speech. Fair Panchal's ancient monarch
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rose his secret thoughts to tell from his lips the words of wisdom with a
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graceful accent. Fell much I fear thou speakest truly hard is carused. Tuborn
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rays vain the hope, the effort futile to beseech to Rudan's grace. Tretarashtra
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pleaded vainly fable, Easy's fitful star, ancient Vishma riteous Drona cannot stop this
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fatal war. Archer current tossed for battle, moved by jealousy and pride,
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Deep Saconni falls and wily still supports Tourydon's side. Vain is Valadive's counsel.
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Vainly shall our envoy plead half his empire, proud to Ruden yields not in
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his boundless grief. In his he deems our mildness, faint and feeble hearted.
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Fear and our sweyt will fan his glory and his arrogance will cheer.
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Therefore, let our many heralds travel near and travel far, seek alliance of
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all monarchs in the great impending oar unto brave and noble chieftains, onto nations
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east and west, nor in south to warlike races. Speed our message and
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request Meanwhile, peace and offered friendship. We before durudhan place, and my
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priest will seek hastina strive to win Durudhan's grace. If he renders in repressed,
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peace will crown the happy land, or our troops will shake the empire
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from the east to western strand vainly where Panchal's Brahmans sandwich masses of peace vainly
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ours does noz elders that the fatal feuds should cease. Proud Durudhan to his
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kinsmen would not yield their proper share. Pandu's son should not surrender, for
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they had their will to dare fatal war and dire destruction. Did the mighty
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gods ordain till the kings and armed nations chewed the red and rieking plain.
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Krishna, in his righteous effort, sought for wisdom from above, strove to
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stop the war of nations, and to end the feuth in love and to
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far Hastina's palace, Christna went to sue for peace, raised his voice against
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the slaughter, begged that strife and feud should cease. Five Christna's speech at
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Hastina, Silence, said the listening chieftains in Hastina's council hall. With the
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voice of rolling thunder, Krishna spake unto them all. Listen my Jichitastra chorus,
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Great and ancient king, seek not war and death of kinsmen, ward
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of peace and love. VI breing midst the wide art's many nations words in
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their words excel love and kindness, spotless virtue in the curu elder's dwell Further
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of the noble nation, now retired from life's turmoil, I'll be seems that
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seen or untroot should thy ancient bosom soil for thy sons in impious anger seek
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to do their kinsmen wrong and whold the throne and kingdom, which by right
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to them belong. And the danger does arise it like the comet's baleful fire.
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Slaughtered kinsmen, blading nations soon self feed its fatal are stretch thy hands
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o kroumnorch, prove thy truthe and holy grace man A peace ever the slaughter
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and preserve thy ancient rays. Yet restrain thy fiery children for thy mandates.
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They obey ay with sweet and soft persuasion. Pandu's truthful sons will sway.
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It is thy prophet Kroum monarch that the fatal field should cease. Brave,
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duryad and good. It is their rule in unmolested peace. Pandu's sans are
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strong in valor mighty in their armed hand in ra shall not shake thy empire
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when they guard the Kuru Land. Vishma is thy Kingdom's bulwark. Doughti Drona
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rules the war curn matchless with his arrows creep appearless in his car let.
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It is steeranced out Vema by these noble warriors stand and let helmutwaring Urgun guard
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the sacred Koru Land, who shall then countes thy prowess from the sea to
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hardest sea. Ruler of a world ward empire, King of kings and nations,
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free sons and grandsons, friends and kinsmen who will surround thee in a
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ring and a race of loving heroes guard terrancient hero King threterastris Lo of the
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Attics will proclaim his boundless way. Nations work their righteous mandates, and the
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kings his will obey. If this concord be rejected and the lust of war
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prevail, soon within these ancient chambers will resound the sound of Waiale grant Thy
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children be victorious, and the sons of Pandu slain dear to THEE are Pandu's
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children, and their death must cause thee pain. But the pandebs skilled in
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warfare are renowned both near and far. And I raise and children slaughter will
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meet things pollute this war, Sons and grandsons, Loving princes, thou shalt
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never see again. Kinsmen, brave and carbon chieftains will be decked the gory
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plain. Ponder yet, o, ancient monarch. Rulers of each distant state,
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nations from the farthest regions gather tique to court their faith Father of variteous
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nation, Save the princes of the land on the armed and faded nations.
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Stretch thy saving hand, say the word, and at thy beading leaders of
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each hostile race. Not the gory field of battle, but the festive board
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will grace. Robbed in jewels, tagged in glums, they will coaff the
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ruddy wine, greet their foes in mutual kindness. Bless thy holy name and
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thine think, o, man of many seasons. When good Pando left this
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throne and his helpless loving orphans, thou didst cherries as thine own. It
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was thy helping, studying fingers taught their infant steps to frame. It was
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thy loving gentle accents taught their lips to lispach name as thine own. They
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grew unblosomed, dear to thee they yet remain. Take them back unto thy
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bosom, be a father once again, unto dee Tetashtra, U pant the
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sons in homage band and a loving, peaceful message. Through my willing lips
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descend tell our Monarch more than father by his sacred stern command. We have
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lived in pathless jungle, wendered far from land to land, true unto our
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plighted promise. For we ever felt and knew to his promise to trustra cannot
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will not be untrue. Years of anxious toil are over, and the who
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and bitterness, years of waiting and of watching, years of danger and distress,
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like a dark unbanding midnight hung on us, this age forlorn streaks of
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hope and dawning brightness usher. Now the radiant morn be unto us as a
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father, loving not inspired by red, be unto us as preceptor, pointing
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as to righteous path. If perchance, as free we render, the strong
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arm shall lead a aright If our feeble bosoom painted help us with a father's
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smile. This O King, the soft and treaty bound sons to thee have
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made these awards. The sons of Pandu unto Kurus King have said, take
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their love of grazious monarch. Let thy closing days be fair, Let Duryadan
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keep his kingdom. Let the Pandavs have their share. Call to mind their
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noble suffering, For the tale is dark and long. Of the out traces.
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They have suffered of the insult and the wrong, exiled into wardanovet,
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destined unto death by flame. For the gods assist their rideus. They which
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added prowess, came exiled into interpressed by their toil and by their mind,
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clear the forest, build the city. Did the rajasuiarrite cheated of their realman
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empire? And of all they called their own. In the jungle they have
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rendered, and in Mitchia leaved unknown once more, quelling every evil their stout
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of heart and hand. Now redeem thy flighted promise and restore their throne and
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land. Trust me, Mighty Tetrashtra, Trust me, Lord who grace this
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all. Christna pleads for peace and virtue. Blessings you and all slaughter,
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not the armed nations, slaughter, not thy kits and keen mark, not
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king Thy closing winters with the blood stain of sin. Let thy sons and
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pando children stand beside thyancient throne, cherish peace and Cherry's virtue, for thy
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days are almost done. Six Wishma's speech from the monarch's ancient bosom sighs and
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sobs. Convulsive broke Viishma wiped his manly eyelids and too proud to youth,
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and spoke, Listen, Prince for righteous Krishna Counsel's love and holy peace.
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Listen yout and me thy fortune with thy passing years increase, He'll took Christna's
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wor of wisdom for thy will he nobly strives healed, and save thy friends
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and kinsmen, Save thy cherished subjects lives foremost race in all this wide art
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is as Dina's royal line. Bring not on them thy destruction by a seinful
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act of dying sons and fathers, friends and brothers shall, in mutual conflict
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die kinsman slain by dearest kinsmen, shall upon their red field lie hearken unto
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Krishna's counsel, unto wise Widow's word, need thy mother's fond and treaty and
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thy father's mandate. Heard tempt not Deva's fiery vengeance on thy old heroic race.
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Trade not in the path of darkness, Seek the path of light and
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grace. Listen to thy king and father he had to carus empire grace.
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Listen to thy queen and mother She had Nurstya on her breast. Seventh Drona's
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pitch outspeak Druna priest and warrior, and his words were few and high.
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Clouded was Derudan's forehead. Wrathful was Derudan's eye. Thou hast heart the holy
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council, which the riteous Christna said ancient Visma's voice of warning, thou hast
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in thy bosom weight, peerless in dear godlike wisdom or these chiefs in peace
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or strive trest friends to thee durythan pure and sinless in their life, Take
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their counsel and thy kinsmen fastened in the bonds of peace made the empire of
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the Curus, and their warlike fame increase. Listen to thy old preceptor.
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Faithless is thy featful star, false defeat with hope's thy bosom. Those who
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argent council war, crowned kings and armed nations, They will strive for thee
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in vain, vainly brothers, sons and kinsmen will forty dear life flood drain
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for the victor's crown and glory. Never never can be time. Krishna conquers
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and brave virgin mark these deathless words of mine. I have trained a youthful
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Urgin, seen him ban the warlike beaux, marked him, charge the hostile
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forces, marked him, Smite the scattered foe. Fiery son of Jamadagni owned
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no greater loftier mind breeds on art. No mortal warrior conquers Urgunin. The
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fde Krishna too in war resistless comes from Dwarka's distant shore and a bright God's
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quake before him whom the fair day vicky bore. These are foes. Thou
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mayst not conquer. Take an ancient warrior's word, act thou, as thy
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heart decided, Thou art Korus king and Lord eighth Vidu speech. Then,
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in gentler voice, Widow sought his fancive mind to tell from his lips serene
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and softly words of wo and anguish fell not for thee I grieved Erudan,
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slain by vengeance, fears and keen for thy father weeps my bosom and the
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aged Coru queen, sons and grandsons, friends and kinsman slaughtered in this fatle
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war, homeless, cheerless on this wide earth, they shall render long and
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far friendless, keenless on this wide earth, waiter shall the turn and fly
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like some bord by rift of plumage. They shall pine a while and die
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of their rais and said survivors, they shall wender over the earth Cursed the
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fatal day Tourudane saw thy said and awful birth nine treterastrous speech. Teardrops filled
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his sightless eyeballs. Anguish shook his aged frame as the monarch southed Duruthan by
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each fond, enduring name. Listen, dearest son, Durudan, shun this
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dark and fatal strife, cost not grief and death's black shadows on thy parents,
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closing life. Christno's heart is pure and spotless, true and wise the
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words he said, we may win a world wide empire with the noble Christna's
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aid. Seek the friendship of Itti Istir, loved of righteous gods above,
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and unite the scattered curus by the lusting tie of love. Now at full
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he is tied of fortune. Never may it come again. Strive and win
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or ever after all repentance may be vain. Peace is righteous Christna's counsel and
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the offer's loving peace. Take thou offered Boonduruthan. Let all strife and hatred
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seas ten Durudan's speech silence, said the proud Dryudhan, wreathful in the council
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hall. Speak to night armed Krishna and to kuruer your soul. I'll becomestee
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to our coustive Dane in the paths of scene to move bear for me a
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secret hatred for the Pandav's secret love and my father wise Vidur ancient Vishma drown
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a bold join thee in this peter hatred, turn on me your glances cold,
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What great crime or darkening sorrow shadows over my bitter fate that he achieves?
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And Curu's monarch mark Duryodan for your hate. Speak what nameless guilt or
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folly secret scene to me unknown turns from me your sweet affection, father's love
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that was my own? If it is dere fond of gambling, played a
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heatless, reckless game, lost his empire and his freedom was it then Durid
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unsplame, and I freed from shame and bondage in his folly, played again,
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lost again and went to exile. Wherefore doth he now complain? Week
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are day in friends and forces feeble is their featful star, wheref and in
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pride and folly secuth us unequal war? Shall we who to mighty inra scarce
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will do the homage deal bow to homeless sons of Pandu and their comrades faint
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and fear bow to them, while warlike Drona leads us as in days of
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old Vishma greater than the bright God's archer, current, true and bold.
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If in dubious game of battle we should forfeit fame and life, Heaven will
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all its golden portals. For Dakshatriya s lain in strife. If unbanding to
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our foremen, we should press the gory plain stingless is the bait of arrows
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that for us will have no pain. For Dakshatriya knows not terrror of his
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foeman in the field breaks like hardened forest timber bounds, not knows not how
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to yield. So dancian sais matenge. After Wlekshatriya said save to prest and
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say his preceptor unto none, he bands his head in repress which my father
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weakly to it is cheer gave. Never more shall go unto him. While
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I leave and brothers brave Kuru's undivided kingdom tritorast rules alone. Let us see
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our swords in friendship and the monarch's empire own. If in past in thoughtless
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folly, once the realm was broken in twine, kuruland is reunited, never
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shall be split again. Take my message to my kinsman, for Durudan swords
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are playing portion of the kur empire. Sansa Pandu seek in vain town nor
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village, mart nor Hamlet help ausrteous gods in heaven spot that Nettle's point can
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cover. Not unto them be given. End of Book seven,