Vaishampayana said : O descendant of Bharata, when Bhima promised by saying, “I shall do it," the Pandavas all came there after collecting food,

The son of Pandu Yudhisthira learnt the affair by the appearance of Bhima and sitting by his mother, he spoke thus to her in private.

Yudhisthira said: What is the work that the greatly powerful Bhima wants to performs? Does he wish to do it by your command or of his own will?

Kunti said: By my request the chastiser of foes (Bhima) will do this great deed for the sake of the Brahmana and in order to save the town (from the Rakshasa).

Yudhisthira said : What rush act has been done by you! It is a very difficult work. The learned men never praise one's abandonment of his own son.

were Why do you wish to abandon your son for the sake of another's son? You have done this act of abandonment of your son which is not approved by both men and by the Vedas.

By the strength of whose arms we all sleep in comfort and hope to recovered the kingdom of which we have been deprived by the wretches (Duryodhana and others).

Remembering whose great prowess, Duryodhana with Sakuni and all others do not sleep (for a moment) in the night in anxiety;

By whose heretic prowess we rescued from the burning house of lac and others dangers; by whom Purochana was killed.

Relying on whose prowess we believe ourselves that we have already acquired this earth full of wealth and have killed the sons of Dhritarashira. On what consideration have you resolved upon abandoning him? have you lost your senses on account of the calamities?

Kunti said: ( Yudhisthira, you need not be anxious for Vrikodara. I have not resolved (to do it) out of any weakness of my understanding.

O son, our grief being assuaged, we live happily in the house of this Brahmana, unknown to the sons of Dhritarashtra and much respected by him. O Partha, I have resolved upon doing this in order to requite him, for he is a (true) man upon whom good service is never lost.

It is (always) proper that the requital should be greater than the service received. Seeing the great prowess of Bhima in the house of lac. And in killing Hidimba, my confidence on Vrikodara is great.

The strength of Bhima's arms is as great as that of ten thousand elephants. It was therefore that he was able to carry you, all as heavy as elephants from Varanavata.

There is none so strong as Vrikodara; he may even vanquish in battle the thunderer (Indra) himself.

As soon as he was born, he fell from my lap on the stone. The mass of stone on which he fell was broken into pieces by the weight of his body.

O Pandaya, from that day I have come to know the (great) strength of Bhima. Therefore, I am desirous of requiting (the services) of the Brahmana.

I have not done this from foolishness, from ignorance, or from any inotive of gain. I have deliberately resolved to do this virtuous act.

O Yudhisthira, two objects will be gained by this act, one is the requital of the Brahmana's services (to us) and the other is the acquisition of great religious merit.

It is my opinion that the Kshatriya who helps a Brahmana obtains the regions of bliss in after life.

A Kshatriya, who saves the life of a Kshatriya, acquires great fame in this and in the next world.

A Kshatriya, who helps a Vaishya on earth, certainly becomes popular among men.

The king should even protect a Shudra who seeks protection. If he does so, he is born in his next birth in a royal family, possessing property and being adored by other kings.

O descendant of Kuru, the illustrious and wise Vyasa formerly told me this. Therefore I am resolved upon doing it.