Endued with great intelligence, the old king, with Gandhari, duly accosted those princes. Having caused the minor rites to be performed, by Brahmanas knowing the Vedas, on that day which was the day of full moon in the month of Kartika, he caused the fire which he adored daily to be taken up. Casting off his proper dress he wore deer-skins and barks, and accompanied by his daughters-in-law, he left is palace.
गान्धारीसहितो धीमानभ्यनन्दद् यथाविधि। कार्तिक्यां कारयित्वेष्टिं ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः॥ अग्निहोत्रं पुरस्कृत्य बल्कलाजिनसंवृतः। वधूजनवृतो राजा निर्ययौ भवनात् ततः॥