Vaishampayana said : The king of kings, the father of Duryodhana (Dhritarashtra), thus averting the curse, asked Maitreya (to tell him) how Kirmira had been kiiled by Bhima.
वैशम्पायन उवाच विलक्षयंस्तु राजेन्द्रो दुर्योधनपिता तदा। किर्मीरः कथं भीमेन पातितः॥