The king Virata asked his counsellors, the Brahmanas, the charioteers, the Vaishyas and all others who took their seats about him, "who might be the man that has come first, and just like a king appears in my court.
मन्त्रिद्विजान् सूतमुखान् विशस्तथा ये चापि केचित् परितः समासते। पप्रच्छ कोऽयं प्रथम समेयिवान् नृपोपमोऽयं समवेक्षते सभाम्॥