Vaishampayana said After this, king, Yudhishthira gifted with great energy, and the foremost of eloquent men, addressed his grandfather lying on his bed of arrows, in the following words.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा शरतल्पे पितामहम्। पुनरेव महातेजाः पप्रच्छ वदतां वरः॥