The Kurus assemble in their court to hear Sanjaya; delivers the message of the Pandavas; Bhishma’s speech to Duryodhana identifying Nara and Narayana with Arjuna and Krishna; Bhishma’s ridicule of Karna; Drona urges Dhritarashtra to accept Bhishmas’s counsels; Dhritarashtra’s enquire about Yudhisthira’s preparations; Sanjaya’s answer; Sanjaya’s swoon; Sanjaya describes the preparation of the Pandavas; Dhritarashtra’s fear of Bhima; His lamentation; Sanjaya rebukes the king for his conduct towards the Pandavas; Duryodhana speaks of his own courage and of the warriors on his side; Duryodhana asks Sanjaya about Yudhisthira’s doings; Sanjaya’s answer; Duryodhana questions Sanjaya about Arjuna’s steed; Sanjaya’s answer; Dhritarashira enquires of Sanjaya about Yudhisthira’s aflies; Sanjaya’s answer; Dhritarashtra’s despair; Duryodhana comforts his mentioning his allies; Dhritarashtra’s asks his son to give back to the Pandavas their kingdom; Duryodhana’s boast; Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya about Vasudeva and Dhananjaya; Sanjaya’s answer; Dhritarashtra’s anxiety at the thought of Arjuna’s prowess; Duryodhana boast of his own prowess and courage; Karna’s boast; Bhishma ridicules Karna; Karna’s promise not to fight till Bhishma’s fall; Karna leaves the court in anger; Vida’s story about the fowler and his net; Dhritarashtra exhorts his son to make peace; Dhritarashtra questions Sanjaya about the final words of Arjuna; Sanjaya’s answer; The court breaks; Dhritarashtra’s desire to question Sanjaya in secret about the Pandavas; Sanjaya’s refusal to answer him except in the presence of others; Gandhari and Vyasa are introduced into the court by Vidura; Sanjaya enlightens the king as to who Krishna really is; Discourse between Dhritarashtra and Sanjaya on the attributes of Krishna; Duryodhana’s refusal to make peace; Gandhari’s curse on Duryodhana.