At the same time, he felt that he himself had become stronger than before and that he had gained many additional virtues and accomplishments. Gifted with great learning and energy, O monarch, Pandu's son, king Yudhishthira the just, then recollected his own state before his birth among men, Possessed of mighty energy, he had heard of Yoga practice from Vyasa.
बलवन्तं तथाऽऽत्मानं मेने बहुगुणं तदा। धर्मराजो महातेजास्तच्च सस्मार पाण्डवः॥ पौराणामात्मनः सर्वं विद्यावान् स विशाम्पते। योगधर्मं महातेजा व्यासेन कथितं यथा॥