Vaishampayana said, Thus addressed at that time by Vyasa of wonderful deeds, king Yudhishthira the just, gifted with mighty energy, said to the great ascetic these words, 'Your holy self is held by us in great reverence. You alone are our preceptor. You alone are the refuge of this our kingdom as also of our family.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तः स तदा राजा व्यासेनाद्भुतकर्मणा। भगवानेव नो मान्यो भगवानेव नो गुरुः। भगवानस्य राज्यस्य कुलस्य च परायणम्॥ प्रत्युवाच महातेजा धर्मराजो महामुनिम्॥