How is it what that lord of the universe, viz., the destroyer of Madhu, who had shown his prowess for killing Keshin, Kansa, and Chaidya swelling with pride, and Ekalavya the son of the king of the Nishadas, and the Kalingas and the Magadhas, and the Gandharas and the king of Kashi, and many rulers assembled together in the midst of the desert, many heroes belonging to the East and the South, and many kings of the mountainous regions, alas, how could he remain indifferent to such a calamity as the curse denounced by the Rishis?
केशिनं यस्तु कंसं च विक्रम्य जगतः प्रभुः॥ विदेहावकरोत् पार्थ चैद्यं च बलगर्वितम्। नैषादिमेकलव्यं च चक्रे कालिङ्गमागधान्॥ गान्धारान् काशिराजं च मरुभूमौ च पार्थिवान्। प्राच्यांश्च दाक्षिणात्यांश्च पर्वतीयांस्तथा नृपान्॥ सोऽभ्युपेक्षितवानेतमनयान्मधुसूदनः।