That wicked Rakshasa, desirous of doing evil to the high-souled Pandavas, and without having consulted those Brahmanas, said these words to the king.
स दुष्टः पापमाशंसुः पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्। अनामन्त्र्यैव तान् विप्नांस्तमुवाच महीपतिम्॥