Hearing these words of king Yudhishthira the just, (the dog became transformed into) the deity of Virtue, who well pleased, said words to him in a sweet voice fraught with praise,
वैशम्पायन उवाच तद् धर्मराजस्य वचो निशम्य धर्मस्वरूपो भगवानुवाचा युधिष्ठिरं प्रीतियुक्तो नरेन्द्र श्लक्ष्णैर्वाक्यैः संस्तवसम्प्रयुक्तैः॥