Vyasa said Having signified his consent to the proposal of Narada, that royal sage after duly adoring him and with his permission, went to the city of Varanasi, and having reached there, that famous prince did as he had been asked, and remembering the words of Narada, he placed a dead body at the gate of the city.
व्यास उवाच स तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य पूजयित्वा च नारदम्। अभ्यनुज्ञाय राजर्षिययौ वाराणसी पुरीम्॥ तत्र गत्वा यथोक्तं स पुर्या द्वारे महायशाः। कुणपं स्थापयामास नारदस्य वचः स्मरन्॥