One of the narrators of the Mahabharata. Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata as a lakh granthas and taught it to his son Shuka. Then he taught it to his other disciples and Narada. Narada taught it to the devas, Devala taught it to the pitr and Shuka taught it to the Gandharvas, Yakshas, and Vaishambayana taught it to humans, as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 1, verses 107-108.

He was present at Janamejaya’s sarpasatra as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 53 verse 8. He was also at Yudhishtira’s coronation along with Vyasa and Narada, as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 53 verse 10.