Vaishampayana said: Having addressed these words to him in the midst of the ascetics with friends the great Rishi saluting Dhaumya and all the Pandavas, proceeded towards the north.
वैशम्पायन उवाच स्तपस्विमध्ये सहितं सुहृद्भिः। स्ततः प्रतस्थे दिशमुत्तरां सः॥