Vaishampayana said Thus accosted by king Yudhishthira the just, Shantanu's son began to describe to him once again, in full, the merits of the gift of kine.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तो धर्मराजेन तदा शान्तनवो नृपः। सम्यगाह गुणांस्तस्मै गोप्रदानस्य केवलान्॥