O powerful one if you do not speak on such subjects, you will incur sin. Therefore, questioned by your sons and grandsons, o learned one, about the eternal duties (of men), do you, O foremost of the Bharatas, describe this subject them.
अप्रतिब्रुवत: कष्टो दोषो हि भविता प्रभो॥ तस्मात् पुत्रैश्च पौत्रेश्च धर्मान् पृष्टान् सनातनान्। विद्वाजिज्ञासमानस्त्वं प्रब्रूहि भरतर्षभ॥