Relying on their own prowess for the achievement of their purposes, the Pandavas deserve to enjoy one half of the Earth itself. The sea-girt earth is as much an inheritance to them as it is to the Kurus.
अर्हास्ते पृथिवीं भोक्तुं समर्थाः साधनेऽपि च। तेषामपि समुद्रान्ता पितृपैतामही मही॥