Hearing that his brave son had gone out with only one car and Brihannala as his charioteer, the king Virata was filled with sorrow and said to his leading ministers:
वैशम्पायन उवाच राजा विराटोऽथ भृशाभितप्तः श्रुत्वा सुतं त्वेकरथेन यातम्। बृहन्नलासारथिमाजिवर्धनं प्रोवाच सर्वानथ मन्त्रिमुख्यान्॥