“Having offered oblations of water to all their friends and kinsmen, the sons of Pandu, Vidura, Dhritarashtra, and all the Bharata ladies, continued to live on the banks of the sacred river. The noble sons of Pandu wished to pass the period of mourning, which lasted for a month, outside the Kuru city.
वैशम्पायन उवाच कृतोदकास्ते सुहृदां सर्वेषां पाण्डुनन्दनाः। विदुरो धृतराष्ट्रश्च सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः॥ तत्र ते सुमहात्मानो न्यवसन् पाण्डुनन्दनाः। शौचं निवर्तयिष्यन्तो मासमानं बहिः पुरात्॥