Do you, O Suta, remove this doubt of ours. This doubt seems to be eternal and is filled with great mystery. You have heard all discourses on Narayana, which are consistent with the (other) scriptures.
एतं नः संशयं सौते छिन्थि गुह्यं सनातनम्। त्वया नारायणकथाः श्रुता वै धर्मसंहिताः॥