iti = thus; teṣu = while they; bruvāṇeṣu = were speaking among themselves; sārvabhaumān = great; mahī-patīn = kings; abravīt = told; tān = those; idam = as follows; sarvān = all; sumantraḥ = Sumantra; rāja-sat-kṛtaḥ = who was a respected confidant of the king.