They spent the hour in reciting and listening to the excellent narratives told by the great celestial Rishis describing many good and high deeds. Indeed, with rapt attention the two were engaged in such lively discourse on ancient history.
पुण्यकर्मभिराख्याता देवर्षिकथिताः कथाः। चक्रतुस्तौ तथाऽऽसीनौ महर्षिकथितास्तथा॥ पूर्ववृत्तव्यपेतानि कथयन्तौ समाहितौ।