O descendant of Kuru, the firmly truthful king Jarasandha spoke to them thus, “It is wellknown to me that no where in the whole world the Brahmanas engaged in observing the Snataka vows ever adorn themselves with garlands or with fragrant paste. Who are you then, thus adorned with flowers and with hands that bear the marks of the bow-string?
तानुवाच जरासंधः सत्यसंधो नराधिपः। बिगर्हमाणः कौरव्य वेषग्रहणवैकृतान्। न स्नातकव्रता विप्रा बहिर्माल्यानुलेपनाः॥ भवन्तीति नृलोकेऽस्मिन् विदितं मम सर्वशः। के यूयं पुष्पवन्तश्च भुजाकृतलक्षणैः॥