Sauti said : That which was formerly studied by the noble Brahmanas, which was studied and narrated by Vaishampayana and others.
सौतिरुवाच यदधीतं पुरा सम्यक् द्विजश्रेष्ठैर्महात्मभिः। वैशंपायनविप्रायैस्तैश्चापि कथितं यथा॥