Yudhishthira said: O descendant of Madhu, there is nothing to be surprised that you should speak thus. To me truth is over my sovereignty. It is Krishna alone who knows what I am and it is I alone who know what Krishna is.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच नेदं चित्रं माधव यद् ब्रवीषि सत्यं तु मे रक्ष्यतमं न राज्यम्। कृष्णस्तु मां वेद यथावदेकः कृष्णं च वेदाहमथो यथावत्॥