Those high-souled ones, as they came, were duly adored by Yudhishthira. The great Rishis then took their seats on rich carpets. Accepting the adoration suited to the period of mourning, they sat in due order around the king.
तेऽभिगम्य महात्मानः पूजिताश्च यथाविधि। आसनेषु महार्हेषु विविशुस्ते महर्षयः॥ प्रतिगृह्य ततः पूजां तत्कालसदृशीं तदा। पर्युपासन् यथान्यायं परिवार्य युधिष्ठिरम्॥