After the holy Vyasa had departed, the royal son of Pandu softly said these words to his old father, bending himself in humility, 'What the holy Vyasa has said, what is your own purpose, what the great bowmen Kripa has said, what Vidura has said, and what has been asked for by Yuyutsu and Sanjaya, I shall quickly do. All these deserve my respect, for all of them are well-wishers of our family.
गते भगवति व्यासे राजा पाण्डुसुतस्तदा। प्रोवाच पितरं वृद्धं मन्दं मन्दमिवानतः॥ यदाह भगवान् व्यासो यच्चापि भवतो मतम्। यथाऽऽह च महेष्वासः कृपो विदुर एव च॥ युयुत्सुः संजयश्चैव तत्कर्तास्म्यहमञ्जसा। सर्व एव हि मान्या मे कुलस्य हि हितैषिणः॥