Shloka 2

Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma

Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि इतिहासं पुरातनम्‌ । कुण्डधारेण यत्‌ प्रीत्या भक्तायोपकृतं पुरा

Translation

Bhishma said: “Here I shall recount to you an ancient tale. Long ago, a cloud named Kundadhara, pleased with loving devotion, once rendered aid to a devotee.”

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच