Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization
विष्वक्सेन कुरून् गत्वा भरताञउ्छमय प्रभो । यथा सर्वे सुमनस: सह स्याम सुचेतस:,विष्वकूसेन प्रभो! आप कुरुदेशमें जाकर भरत-वंशियोंको शान्त कीजिये, जिससे हम सब लोग शुद्ध हृदयसे प्रसन्नचित्त होकर एक साथ रह सकें
Viṣvaksena kurūn gatvā bharatān śamaya prabho | yathā sarve sumanasaḥ saha syāma sucetasaḥ ||
Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “O panginoong Viṣvaksena, pumaroon ka sa mga Kuru at payapain ang mga kamag-anak na Bharata, upang kaming lahat ay makapamuhay na magkakasama—iisa ang diwa—na may dalisay na puso at matatag na pag-iisip.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Even amid looming conflict, the dharmic priority is to seek reconciliation: calming anger and restoring shared, clear-minded harmony is presented as the ethical aim before resorting to force.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Viṣvaksena and urges him to go to the Kuru/Bharata relatives to soothe tensions, hoping that all parties can remain together with peaceful minds rather than fracture into war.