Having heard these words of Vyasa of great energy, the son of Pritha, receiving his permission, returned to the city of Hastinapur.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एतद् वचनमाज्ञाय व्यासस्यामिततेजसः॥ अनुज्ञातो ययौ पार्थो नगरं नागसाह्रयम्।