Yudhishthira said How was Nahusha plunged into distress? How was he hurled down on the Earth? How, indeed, was he deprived of the sovereignty of the celestials? You should recite everything to me.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच कथं वै स विपन्नश्च कथं वै पातितो भुवि। कथं चानिन्द्रतां प्राप्तस्तद् भवान् वक्तुमर्हति॥