O you of wicked sense, an invisible voice from the sky said to Pritha, on the seventh day from your birth; ‘This son born to you will be powerful like Vasava. He will vanquish all his powerful enemies. Gifted with a superior energy he will defeat at Khandava all the gods assisted by other creatures. He ill conquer the Madra, the Kalingas and the Kaikeyas. He will kill the Kurus in the midst of numbers of kings.
यत्तत् पृथां वागुवाचान्तरिक्षे सप्ताहजाते त्वयि मन्दबुद्धे। जातः पुत्रो वासवविक्रमोऽयं सर्वाशूराशात्रवाञ्जेष्यतीति॥ अयं जेता खाण्डवे देवसंघान् सर्वाणि भूयान्यपि चोत्तमौजाः। नयं कुरूपन् राजमध्ये निहत्या॥