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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

messengers to all their friends
to Krishna.
 
and
 

 
युद्धात्मल्प्रयाताः 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 :