Vasudeva said To that disciple who had humbly sought his instruction and put the questions duly. Who was devoted to his preceptor and endued with tranquillity, and who always acted in a manner that was agreeable (to his instructor), who lived so constantly by the side of his instructor as to have almost become his shadow, who was selfcontrolled and who had the life of a Yati and a Brahmacharin, O son of Pritha, that preceptor gifted with intelligence and observant of vows, duly explained all the questions, O foremost of Kuru's race, O chastiser of all enemies.
वासुदेव उवाच तस्मै सम्प्रतिपन्नाय यथावत् परिपृच्छते। शिष्याय गुणयुक्ताय शान्ताय प्रियवर्तिने॥ छायाभूताय दान्ताय यतते ब्रह्मचारिणे। तान् प्रश्नानब्रवीत् पार्थ मेधावी स धृतव्रतः। गुरुः कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ सम्यक् सर्वानरिंदम॥