Thus appointed in the kitchen Bhima became a great favorite of the king Virata. O king, he began to live there, but neither the servants of Virata nor other people recognized him.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तथा स भीमो विहितो महानसे विराटराज्ञो दयितोऽभवद् दृढम्। उवास राज्ये न च तं पृथग् जनो बुबोध तत्रानुचराश्च केचन॥