And as I heard it (from my father), I have narrated this blessed history of the learned Astika from the beginning (to the end).
यद्वाक्यं श्रुतवांश्चाहं तथा च कथितं मया। आस्तीकस्य कवेर्विप्र श्रीमच्चरितमादितः॥