Taking leave of all the mothers (elderly ladies), walking round them respectfully and bidding farewell to the citizens, they (the Pandavas) started for Varanavata.
सर्वा मातृस्तथाऽऽपृच्छ्य कृत्वा चैव प्रदक्षिणम्। सर्वाः प्रकृतयश्चैव प्रययुर्वारणावतम्॥