Vaishampayana said : Seeing all the Pandavas afflicted with anxiety and depressed in spirits, Dhaumya who was like Brihaspati himself, thus comforted them and spoke to them.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तान् सर्वानुत्सुकान् दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवान् दीनचेतसः। आश्वासयंस्तथाधौम्यो बृहस्पतिसमोऽब्रवीत्॥