Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa
Gaṅgātīra encounter begins
कृत्वा चाड्भरारको वक्रं ज्येष्ठायां मधुसूदन । अनुराधां प्रार्थयते मैत्रं संगमयज्निव
kṛtvā cāḍbharārako vakraṃ jyeṣṭhāyāṃ madhusūdana | anurādhāṃ prārthayate maitraṃ saṅgamayajñiva ||
Sañjaya said: “Having performed that act—crooked in its intent—O Madhusūdana, he seeks Anurādhā in the Jyeṣṭhā season, as though to secure a friendly alliance, as if arranging a union-sacrifice.”
संजय उवाच