The question you have put to me, O king, relates to a deed mystery. No man can quickly answer it who has not practised penances, and who is not acquainted with the Puranas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच अहो गूढतमः प्रश्नस्त्वया पृष्टो जनेश्वर। नातप्ततपसा ह्येष नावेदविदुषा तथा॥ नापुराणविदा चैव शक्यो व्याहर्तुमञ्जसा।