Bhishma said I shall, O you of great effulgence, recite to you in this connection an ancient narrative of a conversation between Nahusha and the Rishi Chyavana.
भीष्म उवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि पुरावृत्तं महाद्युते। नहुषस्य च संवादं महर्षेश्च्यवनस्य च॥