Akritavrana said : O foremost of kings, O descendant of Bharata, I shall with great pleasure narrate to you that excellent story of the celestials-like deeds of Rama, the son of Jamadagni, who was born in the race of Bhrigu. (I shall also narrate the history of) Kartavirya, the king of the Haihayas.
अकृतव्रण उवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि महादाख्यानमुत्तमम्। भृगूणां राजशार्दूल वंशे जातस्य भारत।॥ रामस्य जामदग्न्यस्य चरितं देवसम्मितम्। हैहयाधिपतेश्चैव कार्तवीर्यस्य भारत॥