Seeing all those assembled and citizens and inhabitants of the provinces, and his wellwishers also thus collected together, and the large number of Brahmanas arrived from various kingdoms, king Dhritarashtra of great intelligence, O monarch, said these words :-'You all and the Kurus have lived together for many long years, well-wishers of each other, and each doing good to the other.
समवेतांश्च तान् सर्वान् पौरान् जानपदांस्तथा॥ तानागतानभिप्रेक्ष्य समस्तं च सुहृज्जनम्। ब्राह्मणांश्र महीपाल नानादेशसमागतान्॥ उवाच मतिमान् राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः। भवन्तः कुरवश्चैव चिरकालं सहोषिताः॥ परस्परस्य सुहृदः परस्परहिते रताः।