Janamejaya said On the eye the great battle (between the Kurus and the Pandus) Rama, with Keshava's permission, had left Dwaraka accompanied by many of the Vrishnis.
जनमेजय उवाच पूर्वमेव यदा रामस्तस्मिन् युद्ध उपस्थिते। आमन्त्र्य केशवं यातो वृष्णिभिः सहितः प्रभुः॥