Vaishampayana said : Hearing that the sons of Pandu were coming, all the citizens came speedily by thousands, out of the town of Varanavata with joy, on various conveyances, taking with them all the auspicious things as directed by the Shastras in order to receive those best of men.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः सर्वाः प्रकृतयो नगराद् वारणावतात्। सर्वमङ्गलसंयुक्ता यथाशास्त्रमतन्द्रिताः॥ श्रुत्वाऽऽगतान् पाण्डुपुत्रान् नानायानैः सहस्रशः। अभिजग्मुर्नरश्रेष्ठान् श्रुत्वैव परया मुदा॥