Conversant as he was with all subjects of enquiry, he at first described to us the interpretations of the Shrutis and the Mahabharata, and then began to narrate to us the following events regarding his birth from Narayana.
स पूर्वमुक्त्वा वेदार्थान् भारतार्थांश्च तत्त्ववित्। नारायणादिदं जन्म व्याहर्तुमुपचक्रमे॥