O ruler of men, having been (thus) abandoned by the king Dhritarashtra, I have come to you for giving you good counsel. What I said in the Sabha I shall now repeat to you. Hear and bear them in mind.
सोऽहं त्यक्तोधृतराष्ट्रेण राज्ञा प्रशासितुं त्वामुपयातो नरेन्द्र। तद् वै सर्वं यन्मयोक्तं सभायां तद्धार्यतां यत् प्रवक्ष्यामि भूयः॥