Vaishampayana said: Those tormentors of foes, those heroes accompanied by Draupadi and the high-souled Brahmanas having attained to an excellent state were highly glad at heart and were not satiated by beholding (over and over again) that prince of mountains. They then viewed the hermitage of the royal sage Arstisena adorned with flowers and trees bearing fruits. And they approached that royal sage of fervid devotion, versed in all religious lores and having muscles bare.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ते प्रीतमनसः शूराः प्राप्ता गमिमनुत्तमाम्॥ नातृप्यन् पर्वतेन्द्रस्य दर्शनेन परन्तपाः। उपेतमथ माल्यैश्च फलवद्भिश्च पादपैः॥ आष्टिषेणस्य राजर्षेराश्रमं ददृशुस्तदा। ततस्ते तिग्मतपसं कृशंधमनिसंततम्। पारगं सर्वधर्माणामार्टिषेणमुपागमन्॥