The boon-giving Rishi Vyasa capable of both seeing and hearing what took place at a remote distance, saw that the royal mother of Arjuna was afflicted with grief.
तामृषिर्वरदो व्यासो दूरश्रवणदर्शनः॥ अपश्यद् दुःखितां देवीं मातरं सव्यसाचिनः।