Janamejaya said : O best of Brahmanas, you have told me in brief the history called Mahabharata, containing the great deeds of the Kurus.
जनमेजय उवाच कथितं वै समासेन त्वया सर्वं द्विजोत्तम। महाभारतमाख्यानं कुरूणां चरितं महत्॥