The illustrious and learned Vyasa, gifted with great energy and respected by even the celestial Rishis, showed himself at the head of his numerous disciples to Yudhishthira.
व्यासश्च भगवान् विप्रो देवर्षिगणसेवितः। वृतः शिष्यैर्महातेजा दर्शयामास पार्थिवम्॥