If we have ever given away in charity, if we have ever poured libations of ghee on the (sacrificial) fire, if we have any ascetic merit, let the Pandavas live in our city for one hundred years." They (the Pandavas) worshipped the feet of Dhritarashtra, as also those of Bhishma and also the feet of every body else that deserved the honour.
यदि दत्तं यदि हुतं विद्यते यदि नस्तपः। तेन तिष्ठन्तु नगरे पाण्डवाः शरदां शतम्॥ ततस्ते धृतराष्र्ण्य भीष्मस्य च महात्मनः। अन्येषां च तदर्हाणां चक्रुः पादाभिवन्दनम्॥