Kunti said: By my request the chastiser of foes (Bhima) will do this great deed for the sake of the Brahmana and in order to save the town (from the Rakshasa).
कुन्त्युवाच ममैव वचनादेष करिष्यति परंतपः। ब्राह्मणार्थे महत् कृत्यं मोक्षाय नगरस्य च॥