Those heroes, accompanied by Dhaumya and other dwellers of the forest, started on their journey on the day following the full moon of Agrahayana in which the constellation Pausha was in ascendance.
॥ धौम्येन सहिता वीरास्तथा तैर्वनवासिभिः। मार्गशीर्ध्यामतीतायां पुष्येण प्रययुस्ततः॥