When the learned and the strict vowed Brahmarshi, Dvaipayana Vyasa, the son of Parashara, completed this greatest of narrations, he began to consider how he could teach it to his pupils.
पराशरात्मजो विद्वान्ब्रह्मर्षिः संशितव्रतः। तदाख्यानवरिष्ठं स कृत्वा द्वैपायनः प्रभुः॥ कथमध्यापयानीह शिष्यानित्यन्वचिन्तयत्। तस्य तच्चिन्तितं ज्ञात्वा ऋषेद्वैपायनस्य च।॥