All the Rishis, as well as the divine sages Narada, Asita, Devala, are thus. And you too, O Keshava, tell me yourself that it is so.
आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षि रदस्तथा। असितो देवलो व्यास: स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे॥