Vaishampayana continued: The preceptor of the celestials endued with great intelligence, having said this to king, Yudhishthira the just, ascended upwards for proceeding to the celestial region before our eyes.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा तं सुरगुरुर्धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्। दिवमाचक्रमे धीमान् पश्यतामेव नस्तदा॥