Thereafter, O monarch, Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, again addressed him saying-"You have now heard, o monarch, the true description of the glory of the high-souled Keshava and of Nara, about which you asked me. You have also heard of the purpose for which both Nara and Narayana have taken their births among men.
तमब्रवीन्महाराज भीष्मः शान्तनवः पुनः। माहात्म्यं ते श्रुतं राजन् केशवस्य महात्मनः॥ नरस्य च यथातत्त्वं यन्मां त्वं पृच्छसे नृप। यदर्थं नृषु सम्भूतौ नरनारायणावृषी॥