O ruler of earth, I have thus narrated to you all the great history of Mandhata, the manner in which he was born, a birth which was surely wonderful.”
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं मान्धातुश्चरितं महत्। जन्म चाचयं महीपाल यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि॥