Thus addressed by Vyasa of incomparable energy, the Kuru king, well versed in words summoned Yudhishthira and said to him, 'O you having no enemies, blessing on you! Do you listen to me, with all your brothers! Through your grace, O king, grief no longer stands in my way.
इत्युक्तः कौरवो राजा व्यासेनातुलतेजसा। युधिष्ठिरमथाहूय वाग्मी वचनमब्रवीत्॥ अजातशत्रो भद्रं ते शृणु मे भ्रातृभिः सह। त्वत्प्रसादान्महीपाल शोको नास्मान् प्रबाधते॥