When the virtuous Dharmaraja Yudhishthira was installed in the sacrifice, he went to the sacrificial ground, surrounded by thousands of Brahmanas.
दीक्षितः स तु धर्मात्मा धर्मराजो युधिष्ठरः। जगाम यज्ञायतनं वृतो विप्रैः सहस्रशः॥