Vaishampayana said Janamejaya, Utanka was gifted with austere penances. He was devoted to his preceptor. Gifted with great energy, he abstained from adoring anybody else.
वैशम्पायन उवाच उत्तको महता युक्तस्तपसा जनमेजय। गुरुभक्तः स तेजस्वी नान्यत् किंचिदपूजयत्॥