कुरुक्षेत्रे सेनानिवेशवृत्तान्तः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Questions Saṃjaya on the Deployed Armies
तच्च मे नाकरोद् वाक्यं त्वदर्थे मधुसूदन: । निर्विष्ट: सर्वभावेन धनंजयमवेक्ष्य ह,'परंतु युधिष्ठिर! तुम्हारे लिये ही मधुसूदन श्रीकृष्णने मेरी उस बातको नहीं माना है। ये अर्जुनको देखकर सब प्रकारसे उसीपर निछावर हो रहे हैं
tac ca me nākarod vākyaṃ tvadarthe madhusūdanaḥ | nirviṣṭaḥ sarvabhāvena dhanañjayam avekṣya ha ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Yet, O Yudhiṣṭhira, Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa) did not accept my counsel—even though it was offered for your sake. For, having looked upon Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), he was wholly absorbed in him, devoted with his entire being.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच