व्यास उवाच भिक्षुभिर्विप्रवसिते विज्ञानादेष्टृभिस्तव । वर्तमानो वयस्याद्ये ततः किमकरोद्भवान् ॥ २ ॥
vyasa uvaca
bhiksubhir vipravasite
vijnanadestrbhis tava
vartamano vayasy adye
tatah kim akarod bhavan
sri vyasah uvaca-Sri Vyasadeva said; bhiksubhih-by the great mendicants; vipravasite-having departed for other places; vijnana-scientific knowledge in transcendence; adestrbhih-those who had instructed; tava-of your; vartamanah-present; vayasi-of the duration of life; adye-before the beginning of; tatah-after that; kim-what; akarot-did; bhavan-your good self.