Taking up the king's hand bedecked with sandal-paste and looking like a column of marble, the mighty-armed Krishna began to speak, cheering up all his hearers.
सम्प्रगृह्य महाबाहुर्भुजं चन्दनभूषितम्। शैलस्तम्भोपमं शौरिरुवाचाभिविनोदयन्॥