Vaishampayana said Having heard these words from the king, the son of Parashara, the lord Krishna Dvaipayana, Vyasa, thus spoke to him.
वैशम्पायन उवाच राज्ञस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा पराशरसुतः प्रभुः। कृष्णद्वैपायनो व्यास इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥