Yudhishthira said : O Brahmana, O Rishi, why and how did the relations (of Bhagiratha) become the cause (of refilling the ocean)? How was the ocean refilled by the interference of Bhagiratha?
युधिष्ठिर उवाच कथं वै ज्ञातयो ब्रह्मन् कारणं चात्र किं मुने। कथं समुद्रः पूर्णश्च भगीरथप्रतिश्रयात्॥