Listen, O foremost of twiceborn persons, to me as I give out to you what took place (to us) in our pristine births. I remember that birth. Do you listen to me with concentrated mind.
पूर्वदेहे यथा वृत्तं तन्निबोध द्विजोत्तमा जाति स्मराम्यहं ब्रह्मन्नवधानेन मे शृणु॥