That puissant lord of all the worlds, that one conversant with the truth of everything in the worlds, namely, the son of Vasudeva, caused the drums of war to be sounded among the Kurus.
सर्वलोकस्य तत्त्वज्ञः सर्वलोकेश्वरः प्रभुः। वासुदेवस्ततो युद्धं कुरूणामकरोन्महत्॥