Having a high soul and possessed of high birth, the king with joined hands, sat down on the bare ground and enquired after the wellbeing and unabated prosperity of Vyasa's son. The king then asked his guest the object of his visit.
उदारसत्त्वाभिजनो भूमौ राजा कृताञ्जलिः। कुशलं चाव्ययं चैव पृष्ट्वा वैयासकिं नृपः। किमागमनमित्येवं पर्यपृच्छत पार्थिवः॥