Vaishampayana said Then having tied up in his cloth dice made of gold set with sapphires and placed them under his arm-pit, the king Yudhishthira, the lord of men, of great glory, founder of the Kuru family, of great soul, respected by kings, hard to be approached like a serpent of virulent venom. The best of men, great in might and beauty, resembling a deity in form, appearing like the sun enveloped with thick clouds, and like the mighty fire covered with ashes, first presented himself before the illustrious king Virata while he was seated in the court.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो विराटं प्रथमं युधिष्ठिरो राजा सभायामुपविष्टमाव्रजत्। नक्षान् स कक्षे परिगृह्य वाससा॥ नराधिपो राष्ट्रपति यशस्विनं महायशाः कौरववंशवर्धनः। महानुभावो नरराजसत्कृतो दुरासदस्तीक्ष्णविषो यथोरगः॥ नपूर्वरूपेण यथामरस्तथा। र्यथानलो भस्मवृतश्च वीर्यवान्॥