The gate-keeper said O you lord of the earth, I bow down to you. Sanjaya is come to your door, desirous of an audience. He is arrived here as an envoy from the presence of the sons of Pandu. Command, O king, as to what he should do.
द्वा:स्थ उवाच संजयोऽथ भूमिपते नमस्ते दिदृक्षया द्वारमुपागतस्ते। प्राप्तो दूतः पाण्डवानां सकाशात् राजन् किमयं करोतु।॥