Vaishampayana said Having said these words to king Yudhishthira the just, king Dhritarashtra, the son of Ambika, trembling all the while and with hands joined together, further said to the great Sanjaya and the great car-warrior Kripa, these words: I wish to solicit the king through you.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा धर्मराजानं वेपमानं कृताञ्जलिम्। उवाच वचनं राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः॥ संजयं च महात्मानं कृपं चापि महारथम्। अनुनेनुमिहेच्छामि भवद्भिर्वसुधाधिपम्॥