Vaishmpayana said Thus addressed, the Kuru-King Yudhishthira of righteous soul, O monarch, began to make the necessary preparations for the Horse-Sacrifice.
इत्युक्तः स तु धर्मात्मा कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः। अश्वमेधस्य कौरव्य चकाराहरणे मतिम्॥