Having said this to one another with gladdened hearts, the disciples of Vyasa, who were consummate masters of words, once more addressed their preceptor and said,-If it pleases you, O powerful one we wish to get down from this mountain to the Earth, O great ascetic, for the object of sub-dividing the Vedas.
अन्योन्यं संविभाष्यैवं सुप्रीतमनसः पुनः। विज्ञापयन्ति स्म गुरुं पुनर्वाक्यविशारदाः॥ शैलादस्मान्महीं गन्तुं कासितं नो महामुने। वेदान नेकथा कर्तुं यदि ते रुचितं प्रभो॥