Vaishampayana said Thereupon they (the Pandavas) all said, “O sinless one, let it be as you say. You are our uncle, and (therefore) you are the same as our father. We are all obedient to you.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तथेत्युक्त्वाब्रुवन् सर्वे यथा नो वदसेऽनघ। त्वं पितृव्यः पितृसमो वयं च त्वत्परायणाः॥