Janamejaya said "Why did the sage Sarasvat, O you of ascetic merit, teach the Vedas to the Rishis during a twelve years' drought?
जनमेजय उवाच कथं द्वादशवार्पिक्यामनावृष्ट्यां द्विजोत्तमान्। ऋषीनध्यापयामास पुरा सारस्वतो मुनिः॥