Know that the Island-born Krishna, otherwise called Vyasa, is Narayana on Earth. Who else than he, O foremost of kings, could compile such a work as the Mahabharata? Who else than that powerful Rishi could describe the diverse kinds of duties and religion for the। observance and adoption of men.
कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासं विद्धि नारायणं भुवि। को ह्यन्यः पुरुषव्याघ्र महाभारतकृद् भवेत्॥ धर्मान्नानाविधांश्चैव को ब्रूयात्तमृते प्रभुम्॥