Therefore, knowing as you do, the fate of this world, quietly and attentively hear how the battle that resembled that between the gods and the Asuras, took place.
तस्मादवस्थितो भूत्वा ज्ञात्वा लोकस्य निर्णयम्। शृणु युद्धं यथावृत्तं घोरं देवासुरोपमम्॥