Vaishampayana said O king, having approached and worshipped his grandfather (Bhishma) and his preceptor (Drona), Yudhishthira thus spoke to,
वैशम्पायन उवाच पितामहं गुरुं चैव प्रत्युद्गम्य युधिष्ठिरः। अभिवाद्यः ततो राजन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥