nanu ca bhāratādhyayane 'pi śakyam evaṃ vaktum, yadbhāratādhyanaṃ tat sarvaṃ gurvadhyayanapūrvakaṃ yathedānīntanam iti /
[Says] the opponent: "The same can be said regarding the study of the Mahābhārata also - that all study of the Mahābhārata is preceded by the teacher's [prior] study, just as [it is] at present."