Janamejaya said : O Brahmana, I wish to hear in detail the accounts of those that you have named and of those that you have not named and other kings and potentates by thousands.
जनमेजय उवाच य एते कीर्तिता ब्रह्मन्ये चान्ये नानुकीर्तिताः। सम्यक् ताञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि राज्ञश्चान्यान्सहस्रशः॥