Dhritarashtra said O Panchali ask from me any boon you desire. Chaste and devoted to virtue, you are the foremost of all my daughters-in-law.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच वरं वृणीष्व पाञ्चालि मत्तो यदभिवाञ्छसि। वधूनां हि विशिष्टा मे त्वं धर्मपरमा सती॥