Having reached the hermitage of Dyumatsena (situate) in the sacred forest, the king (Ashvapati) accompanied by the Brahmanas advanced on foot to meet that royal sage.
मेध्यारण्यं स गत्वा च धुमत्सेनाश्रमं नृपः। पद्भ्यामेव द्विजैः सार्धं राजर्षि तमुपागमत्॥