Sauti said: Having been thus addressed by the Brahmana, king Janamejaya duly saluted him and said to the best of Brahmanas.
सौतिरुवाच एवमुक्तस्तु विप्रेण स राजा जनमेजयः। अर्चयित्वा यथान्यायं प्रत्युवाच द्विजोत्तमम्॥