“Vaisampayana said, ’Thus addressed Dhrishtadyumna, that foremost of the Lunar princes, cheerfully said unto his father all that had happened and by whom Krishna had been won.  And the prince said, ’With large, red eyes, attired in deer-skin, and resembling a celestial in beauty, the youth who strung that foremost of bows and brought down to the ground the mark set on high, was soon surrounded by the foremost of Brahmanas who also offered him their homage for the feat he had achieved.  Incapable of bearing the sight of a foe and endued with great activity, he began to exert his prowess.  And surrounded by the Brahmanas he resembled the thunder-wielding Indra standing in the midst of the celestials, and the Rishis.  And like a she-elephant following the leader of a herd, Krishna cheerfully followed that youth catching hold of his deer-skin.  Then when the assembled monarchs incapable of bearing that sight lose up in wrath and advanced for fight, there rose up another hero who tearing up a large tree rushed at that concourse of kings, felling them right and left like Yama himself smiting down creatures endued with life.  Then, O monarch, the assembled kings stood motionless and looked at that couple of heroes, while they, resembling the Sun and the Moon, taking Krishna with them, left the amphitheatre and went into the abode of a potter in the suburbs of the town, and there at the potter’s abode sat a lady like unto a flame of fire who, I think, is their mother.  And around her also sat three other foremost of men each of whom was like unto fire.  And the couple of heroes having approached her paid homage unto her feet, and they said unto Krishna also to do the same.  And keeping Krishna with her, those foremost of men all went the round of eleemosynary visits.  Some time after when they returned, Krishna taking from them what they had obtained as alms, devoted a portion thereof to the gods, and gave another portion away (in gift) to Brahmanas.  And of what remained after this, she gave a portion to that venerable lady, and distributed the rest amongst those five foremost of men.  And she took a little for herself and ate it last of all.  Then, O monarch, they all laid themselves down for sleep, Krishna lying along the line of their feet as their nether pillow.  And the bed on which they lay was made of kusa grass upon which was spread their deer-skins.  And before going to sleep they talked on diverse subjects in voices deep as of black clouds.  The talk of those heroes indicated them to be neither Vaisyas nor Sudras, nor Brahmanas.  Without doubt, O monarch, they are bulls amongst Kshatriyas, their discourse having been on military subjects.  It seems, O father, that our hope hath been fructified, for we have heard that the sons of Kunti all escaped from the conflagration of the house of lac.  From the way in which the mark was shot down by that youth, and the strength with which the bow was strung by him, and the manner in which I have heard them talk with one another proves conclusively, O monarch, that they are the sons of Pritha wandering in disguise.’