Vaishampayana said I have thus described to you, O king, the circumstances about the former birth of our revered preceptor, viz., Vyasa of unsullied mind, as asked by you! Listen to me once again!
वैशम्पायन उवाच एष ते कथितः पूर्वं सम्भवोऽस्मद्गुरोर्नृप। व्यासस्याक्लिष्टमनसो यथा पृष्टः पुनः शृणु॥