Rama Appears to Yudhishthira and His Brothers
On the fourteenth lunar day, at the appointed time, the great-souled Rama Jamadagnya appears before the brahmanas and King Yudhishthira with his brothers. Yudhishthira worships him with full honours, and Rama honours him in return — before departing for the south after a single night on Mahendra mountain.
The fourteenth lunar day arrived. At the appointed time, the great-souled Rama showed himself — not to the brahmanas alone, but to Dharmaraja Yudhishthira together with his younger brothers.
Yudhishthira, the Indra among kings, worshipped the lord with his brothers at his side. He offered the highest homage to the brahmanas who had gathered. Then he worshipped Jamadagni's son — Rama, the axe-wielder, the one who had emptied the earth of kshatriyas twenty-one times.
Rama honoured Yudhishthira in return. The two kings, one of the Kuru lineage and one of the Bhrigu lineage, acknowledged each other as the moment required.
Rama spent that single night on Mahendra mountain. At dawn, he left — travelling south, in the direction of the setting sun, back into the mountain fastness where he had made his home. Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 414