Vaishampayana said Thus addressed, the virtuous Vyasa, the best of all persons conversant with Yoga, endued with great wisdom and a master of the Vedas, said to Yudhishthira.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं व्यासो योगविदां वरः। युधिष्ठिरं महाप्राज्ञो धर्मज्ञो वेदपारगः॥