Mb069. Duryodhana Not For Peace Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

MAHABHARATA

Sleepless night Dhritarashtra spent,
After Sanjaya briefed and went.
To consult he sent for Vidura,
O'er the failed mission of Sanjaya.

"Give Pandavas their share,
If you wish to be just and fair."
Vidura told the king in despair,
Who was also for peace not war.

In the court next morning,
Sanjaya, the envoy told the king,
"Krishna and Arjuna combined,
To kill your sons, are determined."

"Yudhishthira isn't for war,
But he wants half share,
If not half, villages five,
There to peacefully live."

Not to oppose Krishna and Arjuna,
Bhisma told the worried Dhritarashtra.
But Duryodhana interfered and said,
"Father, about them we aren't worried."

"Against our eleven divisions,
Stand not their seven divisions.
Village five they want now,
It shows they're weak how? "

"My son, war let us not have,
Half the kingdom let us give."
To this advice of his father,
Duryodhana paid no care.

"A needle-point-land not even,
Be sure, Pandavas will be given."
So shouted Duryodhana in retort,
And he then left the court.

What was going on?
A quite contrary scene,
Was at Pandavas place,
On the talk of peace.

"All attempts we should make,
For any final decision to take.
Let me go to Hastinapura,
And meet Dhritarashtra."

This way when Krishna spoke,
His silence Yudhishthira broke.
"Krishna, pray don't go there,
Where, for us, they don't care."

His worry Krishna understood,
But for justice he always stood.
He just gave a smile and left.
To Hastinapura rolled his chariot.