Beholding him, the son of the great Indra, resembling an elephant in gait, him capable of crushing foes, having his real form hidden in disguise, entering the court chamber and stepping forward to the king, he (Virata) asked all his courtiers "whence does this man come; I have never heard of him before.” The people thereof said of the person as one unknown to them. Thereupon the king said wonderingly.
तं प्रेक्ष्य राजोपगतं सभातले व्याजात् प्रतिच्छन्नमरिप्रमाथिनम्। विराजमानं परमेण वर्चसा सुतं महेन्द्रस्य गजेन्द्र विक्रमम्॥ सर्वानपृच्छच्च सभानुचारिणः कुतोऽयमायाति पुरा न मे श्रुतः। न चैनमूचुर्विदितं तदा नराः सविस्मयं वाक्यमिदं नृपोऽब्रवीत्॥