Vyasa said : O best of the Bharata race, I knew beforehand of your this affection, your this unjust banishment by the sons of Dhritarashtra. Knowing this I have come to do you some great good. You ought not to grieve. Know all this is for your (future) happiness.
व्यास उवाच मयेदं व्यसनं पूर्वं विदितं भरतर्षभाः। यथा तु तैरधर्मेण धात्रारष्टैर्विवासिताः॥ तद् विदित्वास्मि सम्प्राप्तश्चिकीर्षुः परमं हितम्। न विषादोऽन्न कर्तव्यः सर्वमेतत् सुखाय वः॥