Kunti, greatly attached to her sons, stood weeping with Sahadeva in her arms, while he was starting (with us) for the great forest and addressed me thus-"Sahadeva is bashful, sweet-voiced, virtuous, and very dear to me, therefore, Yajnaseni cheer him up while he feels dejected and tend him in the forest, day and night. He is tender and brave, devoted to the king, heroic and always respectful to his elder brother; O Panchali, feed him yourself."
ह्रीनिषेवो मधुरवाकधार्मिकश्च प्रियश्च मे। स तेऽरण्येषु वोढव्यो याज्ञसेनि क्षपास्वपि॥ सुकुमारश्च शूरच राजानं चाप्यनुव्रतः। ज्येष्ठापचायिनं वीरं स्वयं पाज्ञालि भोजये:।३९॥ इत्युवाच हि मां कुन्ती रुदती पुत्रगृद्धिनी। प्रव्रजन्तं महारण्यं तं परिष्वज्य तिष्ठती॥