Then the highly energetic Vyasa said to the royal son of Dharma, “As regards ourselves, we are all prepared to initiate you in view of the sacrifice.
ततोऽब्रवीन्महातेजा व्यासो धर्मात्मजं नृपम्॥ यथाकालं यथायोगं सज्जाः स्म तव दीक्षणे।