Vaishampayana said : The Pandavas stared for Varanavata on the eighth day of the month of Falguni when the star Rohini was ascendant; and arriving there they saw the town and its people.
वैशम्पायन उवाच अष्टमेऽहनि रोहिण्यां प्रयाताः फाल्गुनस्य ते। वारणावतमासाद्य ददृशुर्नागरं जनम्॥