Sanjaya said: -
1. It is exactly as you, say, O son of Pandu. You enquire, dear sir, about the Kurus, and the foremost among them. Those whom you enquire about, O son of Pritha, vis the foremost among the race of Kuru, those wise ones are doing well.
2. Know then that the son of Dhritarashtra is surrounded by aged men and true and also by wicked men, O son of Pandu. To the enemy even would the son of Dhritarashtra give away, why then should he discontinue what is due to the Brahmanas?
3. The rule that obtains among you (Kshatriyas) vis, to harm those that do not injure you is a rule fit for butchers. It is not good, if Dhritarashtra, with his sons like a bad man, speaks ill of you who follow good practices, they would be guilty of conspring against friends.
4. He does not approve of it (the injury done to you); he is very sorry for it and the old man on his own part repents for it. O you who have created no enemies, having consulted the Brahmanas he has come to know that conspiring against friends is the worst of all sins.
5. They remember, O god among men, you might in battle and remember also the one who always gets victories and is the leader in battles (Arjuna). They remember Bhimasena with the mace in his hand when there is the sound of conch shells and drums.
6. They remember too the two mighty sons of the king of Madri who, in battle, fell (the enemies) in all directions showering on the (hostile) army continuous flight of arrows and whom it is hard to cause to tremble in battle.
7. I think that we cannot know what is yet to befall a man-what futurity has in store for him. For this reason, have you, O son of Pandu, though endued with all the virtuous, met with very hard troubles.
8. You will no doubt, by means of your wisdom, make up for all these, O you who have created no enemies. The sons of Pandu, all equal to Indra, will not leave virtue for the sake of pleasure.
9. You will, O you who have created no enemies, so make it up with your wisdom so that they all will obtain peace-the sons of Dhritarashtra the sons of Pandu, the Srinjayayas and all the other kings who have assembled here.
10. Listen to what Dhritarashtra, who is equal to your father, has said, O you who have created no enemies, in consultation with his ministers and sons. O king attend to these words.
Thus ends the twenty-fourth Chapter, the speech of Sanjaya in the Sanjayayana of the Udyoga Parva.