The Gandharva said : O Partha, o foremost of all intelligent men, I shall duly narrate to you in detail this interesting story.
गन्धर्व उवाच हन्त तं कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां मनोरमाम्। यथावदखिलां पार्थ सर्वबुद्धिमतां वर॥