Vaishampayana said : Having been thus addressed, that great Rishi again began to narrate, delighting that foremost of the Vrishni race (Krishna) and the Pandavas.
इत्युक्तः स मुनिश्रेष्ठः पुनरेवाभ्यभाषत। रमयन् वृष्णिशार्दूलं पाण्डवांश्च महानृषिः॥