Sanjaya said : From wise Narada and Vyasa you have heard, O king, of immensely powerful men, men of great exertions, men born of great royal dynasties, men full of great qualities, men wellversed in the art of using celestial weapons, men who, having conquered the world by righteous war and perforining sacrifices with proper offerings, obtained fame in this world and finally succumbed to death.
संजय उवाच श्रुतवानसि वै राजन्महोत्साहान्महाबलान्॥ द्वैपायनस्य वदतो नारदस्य च धीमतः। महत्सु राजवंशेषु गुणैः समुदितेषु च॥ जातान्दिव्यास्त्रविदुषः शक्रप्रतिमतेजसः। धर्मेण पृथिवीं जित्वा यज्ञैरिष्ट्वाप्तदक्षिणैः॥ अस्मिल्लोके यशः प्राप्य ततः कालवशं गतान्।