And with faultless featured Draupadi made up his mind to start. At that very time the greatly exalted Vyasa, Parvata and Narada, all endued with great intelligence, came to the Kamyaka (forest) with the desire of seeing the Pandavas. the king Yudhishthira worshipped them all in due form. When the exalted ones were all duly worshipped, they thus spoke to Yudhishthira,
द्रौपद्या चानवद्याझ्या गमनाय मनो दधे। अथ व्यासो महाभागस्तथा पर्वतनारदौ॥ काम्यके पाण्डवं द्रष्टुं समाजग्मुर्मनीषिणः। तेषां युधिष्ठिरो राजा पूजां चक्रे यथाविधि। सत्कृतास्ते महाभागा युधिष्ठिरमथाब्रुवन्॥