Vyasa said Having heard those words of his, the lord Narada, that bestower of boons, related this story that is capable of destroying the great sorrow caused by the death of one's son.
व्यास उवाच तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदो वरदः प्रभुः। आख्यानमिदमाचष्ट पुत्रशोकापहं महत्॥