Vaishampayana said Having listened to those words suitable to the hour and place, of his subjects, king Yudhishthira answered them saying,-"Great indeed must be the son of Pandu, whose merits, true or false, are thus recited by such foremost of Brahmanas assembled together.
वैशम्पायन उवाच प्रकृतीनां च तद् वाक्यं देशकालोपबृंहितम्। श्रुत्वा युधिष्ठिरो राजा चोत्तरं प्रत्यभाषत॥ धन्याः पाण्डुसुता नूनं येषां ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवाः। तथ्यान् वाप्यथवातथ्यान् गुणानाहुः समागताः॥