Vaishampayana said The king being thus encouraged by Shalya, O you best of the race of Bharata, that chief among the supporters of virtue did due honours to Shalya.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमाश्वासितो राजा शल्येन भरतर्षभ। पूजयामास विधिवच्छल्यं धर्मभृतां वरः॥