Vaishampayana said : Bowing down my head to the Self-created (Brahma), I shall narrate to you in detail the origin of the celestials and of all creatures.
वैशंपायन उवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्य स्वयंभुवे। सुरादीनामहं सम्यग्लोकानां प्रभवाप्ययम्॥