Yudhishthira said I wish, O sire, to hear the final conclusions about Virtue, Profit and Pleasure. Depending upon which of these does life proceed?
युधिष्ठिर उवाच तात धर्मार्थकामानां श्रोतुमिच्छामि निश्चयम्। लोकयात्रा हि कार्येन तिष्ठेत् केषु प्रतिष्ठिता॥