विराट उवाच
ददामि ते हन्त वरं महानसे; तथा च कुर्याः कुशलं हि भाषसे ॥
न चैव मन्ये तव कर्म तत् समं; समुद्रनेमिं पृथिवीं त्वम् अर्हसि ॥
यथा हि कामस् तव तत् तथा कृतं; महानसे त्वं भव मे पुरस्कृतः ॥
नराश् च ये तत्र ममोचिताः पुरा; भवस्व तेषाम् अधिपो मया कृतः ॥
virāṭa uvāca
dadāmi te hanta varaṃ mahānase; tathā ca kuryāḥ kuśalaṃ hi bhāṣase ||
na caiva manye tava karma tat samaṃ; samudranemiṃ pṛthivīṃ tvam arhasi ||
yathā hi kāmas tava tat tathā kṛtaṃ; mahānase tvaṃ bhava me puraskṛtaḥ ||
narāś ca ye tatra mamocitāḥ purā; bhavasva teṣām adhipo mayā kṛtaḥ ||
Virata said: "Well then, I grant you a boon in the kitchen; act accordingly, for you speak skillfully. Yet I do not consider this occupation equal to you: you deserve the earth encircled by the ocean. As is your wish, so it is done. Be set at the head of my kitchen, and the men who served there before, I have made subordinate to you."
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Once again Virata senses royal dignity beneath a servant's garb. But the Pandavas' fate now demands that dignity not seek recognition.