Yudhishthira said O grandfather, O wisest of men, O you who are learned in all the scriptures, I have heard, this great story, O foremost of intelligent men!
युधिष्ठिर उवाच पितामह महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद। श्रुतं मे महदाख्यानमिदं मतिमतां वर॥