O king, you are a proper person to hear the history of Bharata. I feel no fear to perform this great act (reciting the Bharata) encouraged as I am by my preceptor.
श्रोतुं पात्रं च राजंस्त्वं प्राप्येमा भारती कथाम्। गुरोर्वक्त्रपरिस्पन्दो मनः प्रोत्साहयतीव मे॥