Bhishma said Listen, O king, with rapt attention to me as I recite to you in detail the circumstances connected with the origin of gold as understood by me.
भीष्म उवाच शृणु राजन्नवहितो बहुकारणविस्तरम्। जातरूपसमुत्पत्तिमनुभूतं च यन्मया।॥