This discourse on Narayana, that is really an ocean of knowledge, has been raised by your intelligent self by churning that vast history called Bharata which consists of a hundred thousand Verses,
इदं शतसहस्राद्धि भारताख्यानविस्तरात्॥ आमन्थ्य मतिमन्थेन ज्ञानोदधिमनुत्तमम्।