Vaishampayana said Thus addressed by the king, Vyasa, that foremost of all persons knowing the Vedas, that foremost of poets gifted with great energy, once more said to Yudhishthira these words, 'It is so, O mighty-armed one! It is as you say, O Bharata! This king has reached old age, He is now in the last stage of life.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तः स तु तं प्राह व्यासो वेदविदां वरः। युधिष्ठिरं महातेजाः पुनरेव महाकविः॥ एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत। राजाऽयं वृद्धतां प्राप्तः प्रमाणे परमे स्थितः॥