You are an witness, O you of long arms, how before this in the city of Virata, all of us were vanquished in battle by the wise son of Pritha.
प्रत्यक्षं ते महाबाहो यथा पार्थेन धीमता। विराटनगरे पूर्वं सर्व स्म युधि निर्जिताः॥