Vaishampayana said : O king, hear the auspicious history, of your own race as I recite it to you in detail and just as I heard it before from Dvaipayana.
वैशम्पायन उवाच शृणु राजन् पुरा सम्यङ्मया द्वैपायनाच्छुतम्। प्रोच्यमानमिदं कृत्स्नं स्ववंशजननं शुभम्॥