O Yudhishthira, thereupon Indra went to him and thus spoke to him, 'Why have you been engaged in the severe austerities?
तत इन्द्रो यवक्रीतमुपगम्य युधिष्ठिर। अब्रवीत् कस्य हेतोस्त्वमास्थितस्तप उत्तमम्॥