Vaishampayana said O foremost of kings, having been thus addressed by his son Dhritarashtra, that best of poets, that Rishi Vyasa, concentrated his mind in great meditation.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तो मुनिस्तत्त्वं कवीन्द्रो राजसत्तम। धृतराष्ट्रेण पुत्रेण ध्यानमन्वगमत् परम्॥