On that night as I slept, the departed Manes appeared to me in a dream. Pleased with me they said, O chief of Bharata's race, these words, We have been pleased with you, for the mark you have shown today of your adherence to the ordinance. It has pleased us to see that you have not deviated from the injunctions of the scriptures. The scriptural ordinance, followed by you, has become authoritative, O king.
ततो मां दर्शयामासुः स्वप्नान्ते पितरस्तथा। प्रीयमाणास्तु मामूचुः प्रीताः स्म भरतर्षभ।॥ विज्ञानेन तवानेन यन्न मुह्यसि धर्मतः। त्वया हि कुर्वता शास्त्रं प्रमाणमिह पार्थिव॥