All those foremost of Kshatriyas with Vasudeva (Krishna) at their head sat around Dharmaraja Yudhishthira. Saluting that chief of the Kurus, Keshava (Krishna) spoke thus in sorrow.
वासुदेवं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वे ते क्षत्रियर्षभाः। परिवार्योपविविशुर्धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्।। अभिवाद्य कुरुश्रेष्ठं विषण्णः केशवोऽब्रवीत्॥