If peace had been made after Bhishma's fall, O Madhava, everything would have fared well. The foolish and wicked-minded Duryodhana, however, did not make peace.
हते भीष्मे तु संदध्याच्छिवं स्यादिह माधव। न च तत् कृतवान् मूढो धार्तराष्ट्रः सुबालिशः॥