After Kunti had said so, Janardana took hold of her, O Bharata, and gently raising her from the Earth, comforted her as follows.
एवमुक्ते ततः कुन्ती पर्यगृह्णाज्जनार्दनः। भूमौ निपतितां चैनां सान्त्वयामास भारत॥