Yudhisthira said: -
1. O king, you are our lord. Command us what we shall do. O descendant of Bharata, we desire to remain always under your sway.
Dhritarashtra said: -
2. O Ajatasatru, be blessed. Go in peace and safety. Rule your kingdom with your wealth at my command.
3. Take to heart the command of an old man, the wholesome advice that I give and which is like a nutritive regimen.
4. O child, O greatly wise Yudhisthira, you are full of humility, and you wait upon the old. You know the path of Dharma is subtle.
5. O descendant of Bharata, where there is intelligence there is forbearance. Therefore follow the path of peace. Axe falls upon wood, it does not fall upon stone.
6. Those are superior men who do not remember the acts of hostility of their enemies, who see only the merits and not the faults of their enemies, and who themselves never enter into hostilities.
7. Those that are good remember only the good deeds of their enemies and not any act of hostility that their enemies might do. The good men do good to others without any expectation of getting a return.
8. O Yudhisthira, only the worst of men use harsh words in quarrel. Men of indifferent character reply to such words when spoken by others. But superior men do not think of such words or recapitulate them.
9-11. Those that are good, taking their own feelings under consideration, can understand the feelings of others. Therefore, they remember only the good deeds and not the acts of hostility, of their enemies. You have acted, as is done by good men of possessing appearance who does not transgress Dharma, Artha and Kama.
12. O child, do not remember the harshness of Duryodhana. If you desire to remember what is only good look at your mother Gandhari and myself.
13-15. O descendant of Bharata, look at me, your father, present here who am old, and blind. It was for meeting with our friends, and also for examination the strength and weakness of my children that I allowed out of policy this match at dice to proceed. O king, there is no fear for those Kurus who are under your sway and who follow the counsel of the greatly intelligent Vidura learned in all Shastras. In you is virtue, in Arjuna is patience, and in Bhimasena is prowess.
16. And in those foremost of men, the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva), are pure reverence and service to superiors. O Ajatasatru, be blessed. Return to Khandavaprastha. Let there be brotherly love between you and your cousins. Let your mind be always fixed in virtue.
Vaishampayana said: -
17. Having been thus addressed, and performing all the ceremonies of politeness, the best of the Bharata race, Dharmaraja Yudhisthira, started with his brothers.
18. Accompanied with Krishna, and ascending their cars of colour of clouds, (Draupadi), they started for that best of cities, Indraprastha.
Thus ends the seventy third chapter, the boons of Dhritarastra, in the Dyuta of the Sabha Parva.