Mahabharata 3.284.1

3.284.1

janamejaya uvāca |
yattattadā mahābrahmam̐llomaśo vākyamabravīt |
indrasya vacanādetya pāṇḍuputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram || 1 ||

Janamejaya said,--"What, O Brahmana, was that great fear entertained by Yudhishthira in respect of Karna, for which Lomasa had conveyed to the son of Pandu a message of deep import from Indra in these words, That intense fear of thine which thou dost never express to any one, I will remove after Dhananjaya goeth from hence? And, O best of ascetics, why was it that the virtuous Yudhishthira never expressed it to any one?"