Having been thus addressed by the illustrious son of Pandu, O Karna, the Gandharva told him of the (secret) counsel with which we came, namely we had gone there for seeing the Pandavas, with their wife in the greatest misery.
एवमुक्तस्तु गन्धर्वः पाण्डेवन महात्मना। उवाच यत् कर्ण वयः मन्त्रयन्तो विनिर्गताः॥ द्रष्टारः स्म सुखाद्धीनान् सदारान् पाण्डवानिति।