I had, O Bharata, asked the Rishi Angirasa of great ascetic merit, the very same questions which you have asked me today.
ऋषिमङ्गिरसं पूर्वं पृष्टवानस्मि भारत। यथा मां त्वं तथैवाहं पृष्टवांस्तं तपोधनम्॥