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VIRATA PARVA
 
daughter regards me always as her teacher.
Nephew of Krishna and looking verily
like the son of a god, my son, the mighty
Abhimanyu is a fitting son-in-law for you
and a fitting husband for your daughter."
 
दूतान्सर्वेषु मित्रेषु वासुदेवे च [भारत] ।
प्रेषयामास कौन्तेयो विराटश्च महीपतिः ॥
 
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Yudhisthira and king Virata sent
messengers to all their friends
to Krishna.
 
and
 
युद्धात्मयाताः कुरवो हि मार्गे
समादिशन्दूतमथो समग्राः ।
 
स चाब्रवीद्धर्मराजं समेत्य
 
युधिष्ठिरं पाण्डवमुग्रवीर्यम् ॥
 
Departing from the battle, the Kauravas,
all of them, commissioned then a messenger
while on the way. The messenger reached
Yudhisthira and told that son of Pandu of
formidable heroism :