Shloka 42
Bhīmasena’s Discourse on Kāla, Resolve, and the Feasibility of Ajñātavāsa (भीमसेनस्य कालोपदेशः)
तमन्वयुर्महाराज शिक्षाक्षरविशारदा: । ब्राह्मणास्तपसा युक्ता देवेन्द्रमूषणो यथा,महाराज! जैसे महर्षिगण देवराज इन्द्रका अनुसरण करते हैं, वैसे ही वेदादि शास्त्रोंकी शिक्षा तथा अक्षर ब्रह्मतत्त्वके ज्ञानमें निपुण बहुत-से तपस्वी ब्राह्मण राजा युधिष्ठिरके साथ उस वनमें गये
tam anvayur mahārāja śikṣākṣara-viśāradāḥ | brāhmaṇās tapasā yuktā devendram ūṣaṇo yathā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O great king, many Brahmins—disciplined in austerity and highly skilled in Vedic instruction and the science of syllables/letters—followed along, just as the sages once followed Devendra (Indra). In the same way, those ascetics accompanied King Yudhiṣṭhira into that forest.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच