Vaishampayana said With the permission of the Kuru king, the Pandavas, O monarch, with their troops and the ladies of their household, lived on various kinds of food and drink and passed about a month in great happiness in that forest. Towards the close of that period, O sinless one, Vyasa came there.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तेऽनुज्ञातास्तदा राजन् कुरुराजेन पाण्डवाः। विविधान्यन्नपानानि विश्राम्यानुभवन्ति ते॥ मासमेकं विजह्वस्ते ससैन्यान्तःपुरा वने। अथ तत्रागमद् व्यासो यथोक्तं ते मयाऽनघ॥