(And)O king, at that very time, Narada, sent by the celestials, arrived (there) and spoke to Partha these words grateful to the ear:
तस्मिंश्च तादृशे काले नारदचोदितः सुरैः। आगम्याह वचः पार्थं श्रवणीयमिदं नृप॥