Vaishampayana said : O great king, having been thus assessed Kunti replied to her heroic lord, king Pandu, the best of the Kurus.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्ता महाराज कुन्ती पाण्डुमभाषत। कुरूणामृषभं वीरं तदा भूमिपति पतिम्॥