Vaisampayana continued, “Having addressed Krishna thus, the illustrious Pandava, who was the soul of Krishna, became dumb, when Janardana (in reply addressed that son of Pritha) saying, ’Thou art mine and I am thine, while all that is mine is thine also!  He that hateth thee hateth me as well, and he that followeth thee followeth me!  O thou irrepressible one, thou art Nara and I am Narayana or Hari!  We are the Rishis Nara and Narayana born in the world of men for a special purpose.  O Partha, thou art from me and I am from thee!  O bull of the Bharata race, no one can understand the difference that is between us!’”

Vaisampayana continued, “When the illustrious Kesava had said so in the midst of that assembly of brave kings, all excited with anger, Panchali surrounded by Dhrishtadyumna and her other heroic brothers, approached him of eyes like lotus leaves seated with his cousins, and, desirous of protection, addressed in angry accents that refuge of all, saying, ’Asita and Devala have said that in the matter of the creation of all things, thou hast been indicated (by the sages) as the only Prajapati and the Creator of all the worlds!  And, O irrepressible one, Jamadagnya sayeth that thou art Vishnu, and, O slayer of Madhu, that thou art (embodiment of) Sacrifice, Sacrificer and he for whom the sacrifice is performed!  And, O best of male beings, the Rishis indicate thee as Forgiveness and Truth!  Kasyapa hath said that thou art Sacrifice sprung from Truth!  O exalted one, Narada calleth thee the god of the Sadhyas, and of the Sivas, as alone the Creator and the Lord of all things.  And, O tiger among men, thou repeatedly sportest with the gods including, Brahma and Sankara and Sakra even as children sporting with their toys!  And, O exalted one, the firmament is covered by thy head, and the earth by thy feet; these worlds are as thy womb and thou art the Eternal one!  With Rishis sanctified by Vedic lore and asceticism, and whose souls have been purified by penance, and who are contented with soul-vision, thou art the best of all objects!  And, O chief of all male beings, thou art the refuge of all royal sages devoted to virtuous acts, never turning their backs on the field of the battle, and possessed of every accomplishment!  Thou art the Lord of all, thou art Omnipresent, thou art the Soul of all things, and thou art the active power pervading everything!  The rulers of the several worlds, those worlds themselves, the stellar conjunctions, the ten points of the horizon, the firmament, the moon, and the sun, are all established in thee!  And, O mighty-armed one, the morality of (earthly) creatures, the immortality of the universe, are established in thee!  Thou art the Supreme lord of all creatures, celestial or human!  Therefore it is, O slayer of Madhu, that impelled by the affection thou bearest me that I will relate to thee my griefs!  O Krishna, how could one like me, the wife of Pritha’s sons,