Vaishampayana said O best of the Bharata race, O great king, if you desire to hear it, listen to it. I narrate all this in detail.
वैशम्पायन उवाच शृणु मे विस्तरेणेमां कथां भारतसत्तम। भूय एव महाराज यदि ते श्रवणे मतिः॥