Vaishampayana said : Having been thus addressed, the king (Pandu), learned in the precepts of religious spoke these words of virtuous import to that lady (his wife).
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तया राजा तां देवीं पुनरब्रवीत्। धर्मविद् धर्मसंयुक्तमिदं वचनमुत्तमम्॥