Surrounded by Vyasa conversant with the Vedas, by the celestial Rishi Narada, by Devasthana, by Ashmakasumantu, by Jaimini, by the great Paila, by Shandilya, by Devarata, by the highly intelligent Maitreya, by Asita and Vasishtha and the great Kaushika, by Harita and Lomasa and the highly intelligent Atri's son, by Brihaspati and Shukra and the great sage Chyavana, by Sanatkumara and Kapila and Valmiki and Tumvuru and Kuru, By Maudgalya and Rama of Bhrigu's race, and the great sage Trinavindu, by Pippalada and Vayu and Samvarta and Pulaha and Kacha, by Kashyapa and Pulastya and Kratu and Daksha and Parashara, by Marichi and Angiras and Kashyapa and Gautama and the sage Galava, by Dhaumya and Vibhanda and Mandavya and Dhaumra and Krishnanubhautika, by Uluka, that foremost of Brahmanas and the great sage Markandeya, by Bhaskari and Purana and Krishna and Suta, —that foremost of pious men, surrounded by these and many other saintly sages of great souls and endued with faith and self-control and equanimity of mind, the Kuru hero looked like the Moon surrounded by the planets and the stars.