Vaishampayana said Hear, O king, what that procedure is, and what the fruits, O Bharata, are which will originate from ones' listening (to a recitation of the Bharata). This, O king of kings, is what you ask me.
वैशम्पायन उवाच शृणु राजन् विधिमिमं फलं यच्चापि भारतात्। श्रुताद् भवति राजेन्द्र यत् त्वं मामनुपृच्छसि॥