As the servant who wishes for promotion serves his master and as the words, constituting the various branches of knowledge and the Vedas, display vowels and consonants only, so this excellent history displays the highest knowledge.
उदयप्रेप्सुभिर्भूत्यैरभिजात इवेश्वरः। इतिहासोत्तमे यस्मिन्नर्पिता बुद्धिमत्तमा॥ स्वरव्यञ्जनयोः कृत्स्ना लोकवेदाश्रयेव वाक्॥