युगप्रजालक्षणम् ऋषिप्रवरवर्णनं च
Yuga–Prajā-Lakṣaṇa and the Enumeration of Eminent Ṛṣis
प्रश्रानुज्ञास्तथाख्यानमाशास्मतिविधयो मताः / मन्त्रभेदांश्च वक्ष्यामि चतुर्विशतिलक्षणान्
praśrānujñāstathākhyānamāśāsmatividhayo matāḥ / mantrabhedāṃśca vakṣyāmi caturviśatilakṣaṇān
Questioning, permission, narration, hope, and remembrance—these are regarded as the methods. Now I shall speak of the distinctions of mantras, with their twenty-four characteristics.