Yudhishthira said I was formerly a friend of Yudhishthira, I am a Brahmin belonging to the family named Vaiayghara, I am expert in casting dice. O Virata, I am known by the name of Kanka.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच युधिष्ठिरस्यासमहं पुरा सखा वैयाघ्रपद्यः पुनरस्मि विप्रः। अक्षान् प्रयोक्तुं कुशलोऽस्मि देविनां कङ्केति नाम्नास्मि विराट विश्रुतः॥