Janamejaya said : O Brahmana, (you say) at that time, Lomasha conveyed to Yudhishthira, the son Pandu, a message from Indra in these words of grave consequence, “I will remove that great terror which you do not reveal to any one when Dhananjaya departs from this place," now tell me, O best of devotees, what this great fear was which Yudhishthira entertained in respect of Karna and why he did not reveal it to any one.
जनमेजय उवाच यत् तत् तदा महद् ब्रह्मल्लँलोमशो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। इन्द्रस्य वचनादेव पाण्डुपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्॥ यच्चापि ते भयं तीव्र न च कीर्तयसे क्वचित्। तच्चाप्यपहरिष्यामि धनंजय इतो गते॥ किं न तज्जपतां श्रेष्ठ कर्णं प्रति महद् भयम्। आसीन्न च स धर्मात्मा कथयामास कस्यचित्।।३।