Janamejaya said : How long did my grandsire, the high-souled sons of Pandu, all of whom were endued with unrivalled prowess, dwell in the hermitage of Arstisena, situated in the mountain Gandhamadana? And (during their stay there) what these exceedingly powerful endowed wit manliness and prowess do?
जनमेजय उवाच आर्टिषेणाश्रमे तस्मिन् मम पूर्वपितामहाः। पाण्डोः पुत्रा महात्मानः सर्वे दिव्यपराक्रमाः॥ कियन्तं कालमवसन् पर्वते गन्धमादने। किं च चक्रुर्महावीर्याः सर्वेऽतिबलपौरुषाः॥