Janamejaya said : After his defeat and capture by the enemy and his subsequent liberation by the highsouled sons of Pandu by their prowess of arms, it seems to me that the entry of the proud, wicked, boastful, vicious insolent and wretched Duryodhana, ever engaged in insulting the Pandavas and boastful of his own superiority into Hastinapur must have been exceedingly difficult. O Vaishampayana, describe to me in detail the entry into the capital of that prince, overwhelmed as he was then with shame and grief.
जनमेजय उवाच शत्रुभिर्जितबद्धस्य पाण्डवैश्च महात्मभिः। मोक्षितस्य युधा पश्चान्मानिनः सुदुरात्मनः॥ कत्थनस्यावलिप्तस्य गर्वितस्य च नित्यशः। सदा च पौरुषौदार्यैः पाण्डवानवमन्यतः॥ दुर्योधनस्य पापस्य नित्याहंकारवादिनः। प्रवेश हास्तिनपुरे दुष्करः प्रतिभाति मे॥ तस्य लज्जान्वितस्यैव शोकव्याकुलचेतसः। प्रवेशं विस्तरेण त्वं वैशम्पायन कीर्तय॥