Janamejaya said : I desire to hear in detail the account of the birth and career of the high-souled Bharata and the birth of Shakuntala.
जनमेजय उवाच सम्भवं भरतस्याहं चरितं च महामतेः। शकुन्तलायाश्चोत्पत्तिं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः॥