Mahabharata 2.67.1

2.67.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
tato vyadhvagataṃ pārthaṃ prātikāmī yudhiṣṭhiram |
uvāca vacanādrājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ || 1 ||

Vaisampayana said,--'The royal messenger, agreeably to the commands of the intelligent king Dhritarashtra, coming upon Yudhishthira, the son of Pritha who had by that time gone a great way, addressed the monarch and said,--'Even these are the words of thy father-like uncle, O Bharata, spoken unto thee, 'The assembly is ready. O son of Pandu, O king Yudhisthira, come and cast the dice.'