Shloka 116
राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations
युधिष्ठिरं समभ्येत्य वाग्मी वचनमत्रवीत् | उसके तीसरे दिन सत्यवतीनन्दन प्रवचनकुशल महर्षि व्यास युधिष्ठिके पास आकर बोले--
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ samabhyetya vāgmī vacanam atravīt |
毗湿摩波衍那曰：那位善辩的圣仙趋近由提施提罗，说出了如下言辞。至第三日，萨蒂娅瓦蒂之子——善于宣说圣法的摩诃仙毗耶娑（Vyāsa）来到由提施提罗面前，对他开口，为以达摩与正行所立的训诫铺陈开端。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the ethical authority of instruction: a righteous king (Yudhiṣṭhira) receives guidance from an accomplished sage (Vyāsa). It highlights that governance and personal conduct should be shaped by learned, dharma-grounded counsel rather than impulse or power.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana introduces a new speech episode: Vyāsa approaches Yudhiṣṭhira (noted as occurring on the third day in the accompanying prose) and begins to speak, signaling an impending discourse or directive relevant to the ongoing events of the Aśvamedha context.