Vaishampayana said When that best of sacrifices, Rajasuya, ever difficult of accomplishment, completed, Vyasa, surrounded by his disciples, came before him (Yudhishthira).
वैशम्पायन उवाच समाप्ते राजसूये तु क्रतुश्रेष्ठे सुदुर्लभे। शिष्यैः परिवृतो व्यासः पुरस्तात् समपद्यत॥