Vaishampayana said: Thereupon the king spoke to the great sage, "O most glorious one, relate as I am desirous to hear, the history of the king who had fallen in the most distressful condition of life.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच अथैनमब्रवीद् राजा ब्रवीतु भगवानिति। इमामवस्थां सम्प्राप्तं श्रोतुमिच्छामि पार्थिवम्॥