उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
'भामिनि! जिनपर तुम कुपित हुई हो, उन विपक्षियोंकी स्त्रियाँ भी अपने कुट॒म्बी, बन्धु-बान्धव, मित्रवृन्द तथा सेनाओंके मारे जानेपर इसी तरह रोयेंगी ।।
bhāmini! yān prati tvaṁ kupitāsi teṣāṁ vipakṣīyāḥ striyo 'pi sva-kuṭumbibāndhava-mitravṛnda-senānāṁ nihateṣu tathāiva rodiṣyanti. ahaṁ ca tat kariṣyāmi bhīmārjunayamaiḥ saha, yudhiṣṭhira-niyogena daivāc ca vidhinirmitāt.
ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ໃຈຮ້ອນ! ແມ່ຍິງຂອງຝ່າຍຕໍ່ຕ້ານທີ່ເຈົ້າໂກດໃສ່ນັ້ນ ກໍຈະຮ້ອງໄຫ້ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ ເມື່ອຄອບຄົວ, ຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງ, ສາຍສຳພັນ, ມິດສະຫາຍ ແລະ ກອງທັບຂອງພວກເຂົາຖືກຂ້າລົງ. ແລະຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເອງກໍຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດຂຶ້ນນັ້ນ ຮ່ວມກັບ ພີມ, ອາຣຊຸນ ແລະ ຍະມະ ຕາມຄຳສັ່ງຂອງ ຢຸທິສຖິຣ—ແລະດ້ວຍເພາະຊະຕາກຳ ທີ່ຖືກກຳນົດໄວ້ຕາມລະບຽບອັນຖືກຕ້ອງແລ້ວ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
The verse underscores the moral weight and inevitability of war’s consequences: violence rebounds as grief upon families on both sides. It also frames action as occurring under both human agency (obedience to Yudhiṣṭhira’s command) and a larger determinism (daiva/vidhi), highlighting the Mahābhārata tension between duty-driven choice and fate.
In the Udyoga Parva’s lead-up to the Kurukṣetra war, the speaker conveys a grim assurance: the opponents’ women will mourn when their men and armies fall. The narrator adds that ‘I too will do this’ alongside Bhīma and Arjuna (and ‘Yama’ as a force/personification of death), acting under Yudhiṣṭhira’s directive and the compulsion of destiny.