Surrounded by Vyasa conversant with the Vedas, by the celestial Rishi Narada, by Devasthana, by Ashmakasumantu, by Jaimini, by the great Paila, by Shandilya, by Devarata, by the highly intelligent Maitreya, by Asita and Vasishtha and the great Kaushika, by Harita and Lomasa and the highly intelligent Atri's son, by Brihaspati and Shukra and the great sage Chyavana, by Sanatkumara and Kapila and Valmiki and Tumvuru and Kuru, By Maudgalya and Rama of Bhrigu's race, and the great sage Trinavindu, by Pippalada and Vayu and Samvarta and Pulaha and Kacha, by Kashyapa and Pulastya and Kratu and Daksha and Parashara, by Marichi and Angiras and Kashyapa and Gautama and the sage Galava, by Dhaumya and Vibhanda and Mandavya and Dhaumra and Krishnanubhautika, by Uluka, that foremost of Brahmanas and the great sage Markandeya, by Bhaskari and Purana and Krishna and Suta, —that foremost of pious men, surrounded by these and many other saintly sages of great souls and endued with faith and self-control and equanimity of mind, the Kuru hero looked like the Moon surrounded by the planets and the stars.
व्यासेन वेदविदुषा नारदेन सुरर्षिणा। देवस्थानेन वात्स्येन तथाश्मकसुमन्तुना॥ तथा जैमिनिना चैव पैलेन च महात्मना। शाण्डिल्यदेवलाभ्यां च मैत्रेयेण च धीमता॥ असितेन वसिष्ठेन कौशिकेन महात्मना। हारीतलोमशाभ्यां च तथाऽऽत्रेयेण धीमता॥ बृहस्पतिश्च शुक्रश्च च्यवनश्च महामुनिः। सनत्कुमारः कपिलो वाल्मीकिस्तुम्बुरुः कुरुः॥ मौद्गल्यो भार्गवो रामस्तृणबिन्दुमहामुनिः। पिप्पलादोऽथ वायुश्च संवर्तः पुलहः कचः॥ काश्यपश्च पुलस्त्यश्च ऋतुर्दक्षः पराशरः। मरीचिरङ्गिराः काश्यो गौतमो गालवो मुनिः॥ धौम्यो विभाण्डो माण्डव्यो धौनः कृष्णानुभौतिकः। उलूकः परमो विप्रो मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः॥ भास्करिः पूरणः कृष्णः सूतः परमधार्मिकः। एतैश्चान्यैर्मुनिगणैर्महाभागैर्महात्मभिः॥ श्रद्धादमशमोपेतैर्वृतश्चन्द्र इव ग्रहैः।