Vaishampayana said : O descendant of the Bharata race, having been thus addressed, the son of Ganga (Devavrata) replied to him in the hearing of all the chiefs and potentates for the sake of his father.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु गाङ्गेयस्तयुक्तं प्रत्यभाषत। शृण्वतां भूमिपालानां पितुराय भारत॥