He was a friend of Duryodhana and stood there under the disguise of a religious mendicant. With a rosary, with a tuft of hair on his head, and with a staff in his hand, he stood proudly and fearlessly in the midst of all those Brahmanas that had come there in thousands for uttering for blessings, (upon the king) O king, and all of whom had practised penances and vows.
तत्र दुर्योधनसखा भिक्षुरूपेण संवृतः। साक्षः शिखी त्रिदण्डी च धृष्टो विगतसाध्वसः॥ वृतः सर्वैस्तथा विप्रैराशीर्वादविवक्षुभिः। परःसहनै राजेन्द्र तपोनियमसंवृतः॥