Yudhishthira said: O Vrikodara, there are in this place, many invisible beings who are all powerful and huge. We shall however be able to pass through them by the merit of our Agnihotra and asceticism.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अन्तर्हितानि भूतानि बलवन्ति महान्ति च। अग्निना तपसा चैव शक्यं गन्तुं वृकोदर।॥