Said Yudhishthira: “So be it. We will hasten with you to the swayamvara and share banquet and bounty.”
So the Pandavas went towards Panchala with the troop of Brahmans. When they reached the city they took up their abode in the humble dwelling of a potter, still disguised as Brahmans, and they went out and begged food from the people.
In their secret hearts the brethren desired greatly to win the fair bride whose fame had been bruited abroad.
FOOTNOTES:
[233] Half man and half eagle, and enemy of the serpent race.
[234] The Kurus and Panchalas were allies.
[235] The modern-day Hindu regards Yudhishthira as an ideal man.
[236] Allahabad, then probably a frontier town of the area of Aryan control, pronounced Var´an-a-vart´´ha.
[237] The god of wind.
[238] Bald as a pot. Pron. gat-ot-katch´a.