I described to you, O Supreme Brahina having concentrated myself in Yoga. I shall now, however, recite to you an old history upon the same subject.
परं हि ब्रह्म कथितं योगयुक्तेन तन्मया। इतिहासं तु वक्ष्यामि तस्मिन्नर्थे पुरातनम्॥