Sanjaya continued Thus addressed by Vasudeva, Pandu's son of rigid vows, smilingly addressed, O Monarch, your powerful son who, O Bharata, was then within the waters of that lake, saying.
संजय उवाच इत्युक्तो वासुदेवेन पाण्डवः संशितव्रतः॥ जलस्थं तं महाराज तव पुत्रं महाबलम्। अभ्यभाषत कौन्तेयः प्रहसन्निव भारत॥