The royal sage too welcomed those most exalted of the Bharatas as if they were his own children. Thus received, the tormentors of foes remained there for seven nights.
अभ्यनन्दत् स राजर्षिः पुत्रवद् भरतर्षभान्। पूजिताश्चावसंस्तत्र सप्तरात्रमरिन्दमाः॥