Shloka 543
कृष्णस्य च तथास्मत्तो मित्रमन्यन्न विद्यते । “माननीय पुरुषसिंह! अन्धक और वृष्णिवंशके यादवों तथा पांचालोंसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई हमलोगोंका मित्र नहीं है। इसी प्रकार अन्धक और वृष्णिवंशके लोगोंका तथा विशेषत: श्रीकृष्णका हमलोगोंसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई मित्र नहीं है
sañjaya uvāca | kṛṣṇasya ca tathāsmatto mitram anyan na vidyate | mānanīya puruṣasiṃha! andhaka-vṛṣṇivaṃśa-ke yādavānāṃ tathā pāñcālānāṃ ca baddhataro 'smākaṃ mitro nāsti | tathā andhaka-vṛṣṇivaṃśa-janasya viśeṣataḥ śrīkṛṣṇasya ca asmābhiḥ paraṃ mitram anyan na vidyate |
Sañjaya said: “For Kṛṣṇa, and likewise for us, no other friend exists beyond this. O venerable lion among men! For us there is no ally greater than the Yādavas of the Andhaka and Vṛṣṇi lineages and the Pāñcālas; and in the same way, for the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis—especially for Śrī Kṛṣṇa—there is no friend greater than us. This is a bond of mutual loyalty, where friendship is measured not by advantage but by steadfast support in a time of peril.”
संजय उवाच