The aged Virata, the king of Matsya, is powerful, charitable, of righteous disposition, ever beloved and also attached to the Pandavas.
मत्स्यो विराटो बलवानभिरक्तोऽथ पाण्डवान्। धर्मशीलो वदान्यश्च वृद्धश्च सततं प्रियः॥