Virata, the lord of the people of Matsya, who is of mature age, who has lived with the Pandavas and whose desires have been fulfilled by them, with his sons is there ever increased in the cause of the sons of Pandu and a staunch adherent of Yudhishthira.
सहोषितश्चरितार्थो वयस्थो मात्स्येयानामधिपो वै विराटः। स वै सपुत्रः पाण्डवार्थं च शश्वद् युधिष्ठिरं भक्त इति श्रुतं मे॥