Having come to the king, the repressor of foes Sahadeva said with a voice deep as the roar of the clouds, "I am a Vaishya known by the name Arishtanemi, I served as an enumerator of the cows of those best of the Kuru race.
सम्प्राप्य राजानममित्रतापनं ततोऽब्रवीन्मेघमहौघनिःस्वनः। गोसंख्य आसं कुरुपुङ्गवानाम्॥