Vaishampayana said : Having said thus to the Pandava, the severed Vyasa went back to his hermitage for performing asceticism.
वैशम्पायन उवाच स एवमुक्त्वा भगवान् व्यासः पाण्डवनन्दनम्। जगाम तपसे धीमान् पुनरेवाश्रमं प्रति॥