Vaishampayana said Having seen the two armies placed on the east and the west ready for the fearful fight, the holy Rishi Vyasa, the son of Satyavati, that foremost of all men learned in the Vedas, that grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kurus who knew the Past and the Present and the Future thus spoke in private to the king (Dhritarashtra) the son of Vichitravirya who was then distressed and afflicted with sorrow thinking of the evil propensities of his sons.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः पूर्वापरे सैन्ये समीक्ष्य भगवानृषिः। सर्ववेदविदां श्रेष्ठो व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः॥ भविष्यति रणे घोर भरतानां पितामहः। प्रत्यक्षदर्शी भगवान् भूतभव्यभविष्यवित्॥ वैचित्रवीर्यं राजानं स रहस्यं ब्रवीदिदम्। शोचन्तमार्तं ध्यायन्तं पुत्राणामनयं तदा॥