You should, O Sanjaya, make Suyodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra hear these words "The desire which is tormenting your heart, to rule the Kurus without any rival, has no justification for it. We shall do nothing that will not be agreeable to you. Either give me back the city of Indra or fight, you chief hero among the race of Bharata."
इदं पुनर्वचनं धार्तराष्ट्र सुयोधनं संजय श्रावयेथाः। यस्ते शरीरे हृदयं दुनोति कामः कुरूनसपत्नोऽनुशिष्याम्॥ त्रैवंविधाः स्याम यथा प्रियं ते। ददस्व वा शक्रपुरी ममैव युध्यस्व वा भारतमुख्य वीर॥