Being thus asked Kaushika told them the truth, that they had entered the wood thickly covered with trees, creepers and shrubs. O Partha, thus did Kaushika inform them.
श पृष्टः कौशिकः सत्यं तानुवाच ह॥ बहुवृक्षलतागुल्ममेतद् वनमुपाश्रिताः। इति तान् ख्यापयामास तेभ्यस्तत्त्वं स कौशिकः॥५१