Sanjaya said O greatly wise one, I shall narrate to you the merits of the earth according to my knowledge. See them with your eye of scriptural wisdom. O foremost of the Bharata race, I bow to you.
संजय उवाच यथाप्रज्ञं महाप्राज्ञ भौमान् वक्ष्यामि ते गुणान्। शास्त्रचक्षुरवेक्षस्व नमस्ते भरतर्षभ॥