Vaishampayana said Hear, O chief of kings, of a most wonderful event which took place, O powerful monarch, at the conclusion of that great Horse-Sacrifice.
वैशम्पायन उवाच श्रूयतां राजशार्दूल महदाश्चर्यमुत्तमम्। अश्वमेधे महायज्ञे निवृत्ते यदभूत् प्रभो॥