And the destroyer of (the demon) Madhu, having, in the usual manner greeted Arjuna, Draupadi and the priest (Dhaumya) and having eulogised the king Yudhishthira took his seat with them and spoke these words.
स पूजयित्वा मधुहा यथावत् पार्थं च कृष्णां च पुरोहितं चा उवाच राजानमभिप्रशंसन् युधिष्ठिरं तत्र सहोपविश्य॥