And having proceeded a long way, the graceful Bharata, with his bearers extremely tired, said these words to that foremost of counsellors, Vasistha.
स गत्वा दूरमध्वानं सम्परिश्रान्तवाहनः। उवाच वचनं श्रीमान् वसिष्ठं मन्त्रिणां वरम्॥