The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section 122
Section CXXII. ( *Sambhava Parva continued.* )
Section CXXII. ( Sambhava Parva continued. )
Vaisampayana said, "Thus addressed by his loving wife, king Pandu, well-acquainted with all rules of morality, replied in these words of virtuous import: 'O Kunti, what thou hast said is quite true. Vyushitaswa of old did even as thou hast said. Indeed, he was equal to the celestials themselves! But I shall now tell thee about the practices of old indicated bowing down to him and reverently circumambulating his person, she resolved to do his bidding."
Thus ends the hundred and twenty second Section in the Sambhava of the Adi Parva.
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