Shloka 21
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness
हद्गतस्तस्य य: कामस्तं कुरुध्वमतन्द्रिता:,अतः पाए्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिरके मनमें जो अभिलाषा है, उसीकी आपलोग आलस्य छोड़कर सिद्धि करें। धृतराष्ट्र राज्य लौटा दें और पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिर उसे ग्रहण करें। अब पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरको राज्य मिल जाना चाहिये, अन्यथा समस्त कौरव युद्धमें मारे जाकर रणभूमिमें सदाके लिये सो जायँगे
hṛdgatas tasya yaḥ kāmas taṃ kurudhvam atandritāḥ | ataḥ pāṇḍuputra yudhiṣṭhirasya manasi yo 'bhilāṣas taṃ yūyaṃ ālasyaṃ tyaktvā sādhayata | dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ rājyaṃ pratyāharatu, pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiras tad gṛhṇātu | idānīṃ pāṇḍunandanasya yudhiṣṭhirasya rājya-prāptir bhavitum arhati, anyathā sarve kauravā yuddhe hatā raṇabhūmau sadā-kṛte śayiṣyante ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Whatever desire lies in his heart—fulfil it without negligence. Therefore, casting off sloth, accomplish the wish that dwells in the mind of Yudhiṣṭhira, Pāṇḍu’s son. Let Dhṛtarāṣṭra restore the kingdom, and let Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Pāṇḍu, accept it. Now it is right that Yudhiṣṭhira, Pāṇḍu’s beloved son, should obtain the realm; otherwise all the Kauravas will be slain in war and lie upon the battlefield forever.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच