Vaishampayana said : Thus consulting with one another those god like Rishis of magnanimous hearts and of ascetic success resolved to go to the city of Hastinapur with the sons of Pandu in their front and to place them in the hands of Dhritarashtra and Bhishma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ते परस्परममन्त्र्य देवकल्पा महर्षयः। पाण्डोः पुत्रान् पुरस्कृत्य नगरं नागसाह्वयम्॥ उदारमनसः सिद्धा गमने चक्रिरे मनः। भीष्माय पाण्डवान् दातुं धृतराष्ट्राय चैव हि॥