The Messenger said : A good feast for the bridegroom's party has been prepared by the king Drupada in view of his daughter's nuptials. Come there after finishing your daily rites. The marriage of Krishna will take place there. Do not make any delay.

These cars, adorned with golden lotus and drawn by excellent horses, are worthy of being ridden by kings. Riding on them, come to the palace of the Panchala king.

Vaishampayana said : Having sent away the priest and having placed Kunti and Krishna on one of these cars, those best of the Kurus ascended those excellent cars and proceeded towards the palace.

O descendant of Bharata, O king, having heard from the priest the words of the Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira), he (Drupada), kept ready a large collection of things, such as fruits, sanctified garlands, armours, shields, carpets, kine, ropes, seeds and various other articles and implements of agriculture so that he might ascertain to which order these heroes belonged.

The king also collected every article appertaining to other arts and various implements and apparatus of every kind of sports.

(He kept there also) shining armours, shields, excellent swords and scimitars, beautiful chariots and horses, first class bows and well adorned arrows, various other kinds of weapons ornamented with gold, darts and rockets, battle axes and other implements of war, beds and carpets, various other fine things and cloths of various kinds.

Taking with her the virtuous Krishna, Kunti entered the inner apartment of Drupada's palace. The lAdies (of the king Drupada's household) worshiped the wife of the Kuru king with joyous hearts.

O king, seeing those foremost of men, each possessing the sportive gait of the lion, each with deer skin for his upper garment, with eyes like mighty bulls, with broad shoulders and long hanging arms which looked like the bodies of mighty snakes, the king, the king's ministers, the king's sons, the king's relatives and attendants, all because exceedingly glad.

Those heroes without any hesitation and awkwardness sat with perfect fearlessness on costly seats furnished with footstools; and they sat one after the other according to the order of their age.

After those heroes were seated, well dressed male and female servants and skillful cooks brought excellent and costly viands, on plates made of gold and silver, food worthy of kings alone.

Then those foremost of men dined on those dishes and became well pleased. After the dinner was over, those heroes among men, passing over, all other things, began to examine with interest the various implements of war (displayed there).

Seeing this, Drupada's sons and the king (Drupada) himself with all the chief councillors knew the sons of Kunti to be all of royal blood and they therefore became exceedingly happy.