Vaishampayana said All of them having taken their seats and perfect stillness having prevailed among the kings, Krishna who had an excellent set of teeth and had the voice of a drum began to speak like the roar of clouds at the close of summer, Madhava, looking on Dhritarashtra, spoke so that the assembly could hear.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तेष्वासीनेषु सर्वेषु तूष्णीम्भूतेषु राजसु। वाक्यमभ्याददे कृष्णः सुदंष्ट्रो दुन्दुभिस्वनः॥ जीमूत इव धर्मान्ते सर्वां संश्रावयन् सभाम्। धृतराष्ट्रमभिप्रेक्ष्य समभाषत माधवः॥