Yudhishthira said: O foremost of all virtuous men, O best of Rishis, O Brahmana, wonderful is this excellent moral story.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अत्यद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मन् धर्माख्यानमनुत्तमम्। सर्वधर्मविदां श्रेष्ठ कथितं मुनिसत्तम॥