O foremost of Brahmanas, I desire to hear from you all these accounts. Why did that invincible descendant of Ikshvaku, known by the name of Kuvalashva change and assume another, namely Dhundhumara?
इदमिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं तत्त्वेन द्विजसत्तम॥ कुवलाश्व इति ख्यात इक्ष्वाकुरपराजितः। कथं नामविपर्यासाद् धुन्धुमारत्वमागतः॥