O descendant of Bharata, I heard there (in the forest) of this great deed of Bhima from the Brahmanas who had assembled there (round the Pandavas).
तत्राश्रौषमहं चैतत् कर्म भीमस्य भारत। ब्राह्मणानां कथयतां ये तत्रासन् समागताः॥