For long and strenuously, did I strive to bring about peace. But I failed to accomplish the task; this, O Karna, I tell you forsooth.
प्रशमे हि कृतो यत्नः सुमहान् सुचिरं मया। न चैव शकितः कर्तुं कर्ण सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते॥