Vaishampayana said Having been thus commanded and having heard the words of the king, the Pratikamin, the man of the Suta caste, went with (great haste). As a dog enters a lion's den, he (entered the house) and came to the queen of the Pandavas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तः प्रातिकामी स सूतः प्रायाच्छीघ्रं राजवचो निशम्य। प्रविश्य च श्वेव हि सिंहगोष्ठं समासदन्महिषीं पाण्डवानाम्॥