Endued with great intelligence, the old king, with Gandhari, duly accosted those princes. Having caused the minor rites to be performed, by Brahmanas knowing the Vedas, on that day which was the day of full moon in the month of Kartika, he caused the fire which he adored daily to be taken up. Casting off his proper dress he wore deer-skins and barks, and accompanied by his daughters-in-law, he left is palace.