I shall recite to you an old story the incidents of which took place in the country, O king, of the Mlecchas that lies to the north.
भीष्म उवाच हन्त ते वर्तयिष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम्। उदीच्यां दिशि यद् वृत्तं म्लेच्छेषु मनुजाधिप॥