That best of kings, Janamejaya, though he was but a boy, was very intelligent and wise. With his ministers and priest, the eldest son of Parikshit, the best of the Kuru race, ruled his kingdom [as powerfully and well] as his grandfather (Yudhishthira)
स बाल एवार्यमतिर्नृपोत्तमः सहैव तैर्मन्त्रिपुरोहितैस्तदा। शशास राज्यं कुरपुंगवाग्रजो यशाऽस्य वीरः प्रपितामहस्तथा॥