Yudhishthira, the best of men, having come near the king Virata while he was thus indulging in thoughts, addressed him saying "O great king, know me to be a Brahmin, who having lost all, have come to you, solicitous for his livelihood.
वितर्कयन्तं तु नरर्षभस्तथा युधिष्ठिरोऽभ्येत्य विराटमब्रवीत्। सम्राड्विजानात्विह जीवनार्थिनं विनष्टसर्वस्वमुपागतं द्विजम्॥