Accosted Matali, who gladly replied, saying, "These are pious persons, O son of Pritha, stationed in their respective spheres, whom, you have seen, O lord, from the earth in the form of stars."
पप्रच्छ मातलिं प्रीत्या स चाप्येनमुवाच ह। एते सुकृतिनः पार्थ स्वेषु धिष्ण्येष्ववस्थिताः॥ तान् दृष्टवानसि विभो तारारूपाणि भूतले।