I desire to hear everything about the battle and its nature. You are a skillful narrator. O Sanjaya, tell the everything!'
यद् यथा यादृशं चैव युद्धं वृत्तं च साम्प्रतम्। अखिलं श्रोतुमिच्छामि कुशलो ह्यसि संजय॥