यानि वेदविदां श्रेष्ठो भगवान्बादरायणः। अन्ये च मुनयः सूत परावरविदो विदुः॥७॥

Oh Sūta (sūta), glorious (bhagavān) Bādarāyaṇa --i.e. Vyāsa-- (bādarāyaṇaḥ), the best (śreṣṭhaḥ) among the knowers (vidām) of the Veda-s (veda), and (ca) other (anye) sages (munayaḥ) seeing --lit. knowing-- (vidaḥ) both distant and near --or also, past and future-- (para-avara)1, knew (viduḥ) them --i.e. those aforesaid dharmic scriptures-- (yāni) (too)||7||