Thus addressed, the highly illustrious Kundadhara, repeatedly prayed for virtue alone for that Brahmana. The gods were highly pleased at it.
भीष्म उवाच ततस्तदेव बहुशः कुण्डधारो महायशाः। अभ्यासमकरोद् धर्मे ततस्तुष्टास्तु देवताः॥