Embracing Arjuna and clasping those foremost of men, viz., the twins also, and blessing them repeatedly, the Kuru king gave them permission to go.
अर्जुनं च समाश्लिष्य यमौ च पुरुषर्षभौ॥ अनुजज्ञे स कौरव्यः परिष्वज्याभिनन्द्य च।