That he should remain in the region of the gods for five years in order to learn all the tactics of warfare. We shall behold in that place (in the mountain Shveta) the wielder of the Gandiva, the terror of his foes returning to our world from the abode of the gods (enriched) with weapons (obtained from them). The Pandava Yudhishthira, having expressed himself thus, greeted the assembled Brahmanas.
पञ्चवर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विद्यार्थीति पुरा मयि। अत्र गाण्डीवधन्वानमवाप्तास्त्रमरिन्दमम्॥ देवलोकादिमं लोकं द्रक्ष्यामः पुनरागतम्। इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणान् सर्वानामन्त्रयत पाण्डवः॥