From Narayana, the Rishis the foremost of the deities, the Asuras, and the royal sages of old, acquired the knowledge of that highest panacea for the cure of sorrow.
नारायणादृषिगणास्तथा मुख्याः सुरासुराः। राजर्षयः पुराणाश्च परमं दुःखभेषजम्॥