Vaishampayana said : O foremost of the Kurus, O child, I shall narrate to you the excellent, the extensive and greatly unrivalled history of that illustrious hero.
वैशम्पायन उवाच कथयिष्यामि ते तात कथामेतां महात्मनः। दिव्यां पौरवशार्दूल महतीमद्भुतोपमाम्॥