Thus addressed by Krishna, Yudhishthira, the of Dharma, gifted with great intelligence, saluted Vyasa and said these words:
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। व्यासमामन्त्र्य मेधावी ततो वचनमब्रवीत्॥