And that king Yudhishthira after performing the obsequial ceremonies of his departed friends, and honouring the Brahmanas and the celestials, brought the kingdom of the earth with its girdle of oceans, under his sway.
अर्चयामास देवांश्च ब्राह्मणांश्च युधिष्टिाः। कृत्वाथ प्रेतकार्याणि बन्धूनां स पुनर्नृपः॥