I have now recited to you, my son, this excellent story as to how Death was conquered in days of yore by a householder.
एतत् ते कथितं पुत्र मयाऽऽख्यानमनुत्तमम्। यथा हि विजितो मृत्युर्गृहस्थेन पुराभवत्॥