O foremost of Brahmanas, you have seen with your own eyes all that happened before. You alone have seen many things by your senses. There is nothing in all the world that is not known to you. Therefore, I eagerly desire to hear all about things.
एतत् प्रत्यक्षतः सर्वं पूर्वं वृत्तं द्विजोत्तम। तस्मादिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं सर्वहेत्वात्मिकां कथाम्॥ अनुभूतं हि बहुशस्त्वयैकेन द्विजोत्तमा न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचित् सर्वलोकेषु नित्यदा॥