Vaishampayana said: (Then) the son of Pandu, the king of the Kurus, seeing that the great sage was desirous of speaking, asked him, with the intention of suggesting topics for narration.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तं विवक्षन्तमालक्ष्य कुरुराजो महामुनिम्। कथासंजननार्थाय चोदयामास पाण्डवः॥