It had been settled between that wicked wretch and Karna and Duhshasana as to the boon he would ask, if the Rishi be so pleased as to agree to bestow one. With great joy the king (Duryodhana) asked for the following boon, O Brahman, as you have been my guest for sometime. So you become the guest of Yudhisthira who is accomplished and who is well-behaved; he is the great king, the best and the eldest of our family, that viruous-minded one is now living in the forest surrounded by his brothers.
प्रागेव मन्त्रितं चासीत् कर्णदुःशासनादिभिः। याचनीयं मुनेस्तुष्टादिति निश्चित्य दुर्मतिः॥ अतिहर्षान्वितो राजन् वरमेनमयाचत। शिष्यैः सह मम ब्रह्मन् यथा जातोऽतिथिर्भवान्॥ अस्मत्कुले महाराजो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठो युधिष्ठिरः। वने वसति धर्मात्मा भ्रातृभिः परिवारितः॥ गुणवान् शीलसम्पन्नस्तस्य त्वमतिथिर्भव।