Upon the disappearance of that eloquent speaker, that foremost of all intelligent beings, viz., the holy Vyasa whose colour was like that of the sky overspread with clouds, Yudhishthira having obtained consolation.
वागीशाने भगवति व्यासे व्यभ्रनभःप्रभे। गते मतिमतां श्रेष्ठे समाश्वास्य युधिष्ठिरम्॥