अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
शृणुध्वमाख्यानवरमिदमार्षेयमुत्तमम् । आदिकालोडद्धवं विप्रास्तपसाधिगतं मया,“विप्रगण! ऋषिसम्बन्धी यह उत्तम आख्यान सुनो। प्राचीन कालका यह वृत्तान्त मैंने तपस्याके द्वारा जाना है
śṛṇudhvam ākhyānavaram idam ārṣeyam uttamam | ādikāloḍḍhavam viprās tapasādhigataṃ mayā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Listen, O brahmins, to this excellent and preeminent sacred narrative. It is a tale borne from the earliest age, and I have come to know it through the power of austerity.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच