I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Narada declared that Krishna and Arjuna are Nara and Narayana and they had been seen together in the region of Brahma.
यदाश्रौषं नरनारायणौ तौ कृष्णार्जुनौ वदतो नारदस्या अहं द्रष्टा ब्रह्मलोके च सम्यक् तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥