Bhishma said In this connection I shall recite to you the old narrative, spoken highly of by the Rishis, of what the twice-born Indrota, the son of Shunaka, said to Janamejaya.
भीष्म उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि पुराणमृषिसंस्तुतम्। इन्द्रोत: शौनको विप्रो यदाह जनमेजयम्॥