Vaishampayana said : Having been thus addressed by his mother, that foremost of the Kuru race, that hero, the intelligent king. (Yudhishthira) consoling Kunti, thus addressed Dhananjaya,
वैशम्पायन उवाच स एवमुक्तो मतिमान् नृवीरो मात्रा मुहूर्तं तु विचिन्त्य राजा। कुन्ती समाश्वास्य कुरुप्रवीरो धनंजयं वाक्यमिदं बभाषे॥