When Vyasa of wonderful deeds had concluded his speech to the king, the highly powerful son of Vasudeva (Krishna) also addressed him. Knowing the king, the son of Pritha, afflicted in mind, and bereft of his relatives and kinsmen killed in battle, and appearing crest-fallen like the sun darkened by eclipse, or fire smothered by smoke, that support of the Vrishni race (Krishna), comforting the son of Dharma, tried to address him thus.
इत्युक्ते नृपतौ तस्मिन् व्यासेनाद्भुतकर्मणा। वासुदेवो महातेजास्ततो वचनमाददे॥ तं नृपं दीनमनसं निहतज्ञातिबान्धवम्। उपप्लुतमिवादित्यं सधूममिव पावकम्॥ निर्विण्णमनसं पार्थं ज्ञात्वा वृष्णिकुलोद्वहः। आश्वासयन् धर्मसुतं प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे॥