O king of the Kurus, horses are even dear to me as they are to you. Those who will question me in the city of the Virat will be thus told by me. "Formerly I was placed by Yudhishthira in charge of his horses. O ruler of the earth, I shall thus disguised go about in the city of Virata.
प्रियाश्च सततं मेऽश्वाः कुरुराज यथा तव॥ ये मामामन्त्रयिष्यन्ति विराटनगरे जनाः। तेभ्य एवं प्रवक्ष्यामि विहरिष्याम्यहं यथा॥ पाण्डवेन पुरा तात अश्वेष्वधिकृतः : पुरा। विराटनगरे छन्नश्चरिष्यामि महीपते॥