Sauti said Thus accosted, that twice-born Rishi, receiving the permission of the great Vyasa, began to answer the question of the king.
सौतिरुवाच इत्युक्तः स तु विप्रर्षिरनुज्ञातो महात्मना। व्यासेन तस्य नृपतेराख्यातुमुपचक्रमे॥