Bhishma said I shall describe to you, O Yudhishthira, regarding it, the discourse between Sumitra and Rishabha that took place in days of yore, Listen to it!
भीष्म उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि युधिष्ठिर निबोध तत्। इतिहासं सुमित्रस्य निर्वृत्तमृषभस्य च॥