Vaishampayana said : Having said this to the Pandavas, that greatly blessed grandfather, the great ascetic, after having been saluted by the sons of Pritha (the Pandavas) and Kunti, went to the place whence he came.
एवमुक्त्वा महाभागः पाण्डवान् स पितामहः। पार्थानामन्त्र्य कुन्ती च प्रातिष्ठत महातपाः॥