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lomaharṣaṇaputra ugraśravāḥ sūtaḥ paurāṇiko naimiṣāraṇye śaunakasya kulapater dvādaśavārṣike sattre ṛṣīn abhyāgatān upatasthe // (1.1) Par.?

*mayodaṅkasya caritam aśeṣam uktam / (2.1) Par.?

*janamejayasya sarpasattrasya / (2.2) Par.?

*nimittāntaram idam api / (2.3) Par.?

paurāṇikaḥ purāṇe kṛtaśramaḥ sa tān kṛtāñjalir uvāca / (2.4) Par.?

kiṃ bhavantaḥ śrotum icchanti / (2.5) Par.?

kim ahaṃ bruvāṇīti // (2.6) Par.?

tam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / (3.1) Par.?

paramaṃ lomaharṣaṇe prakṣyāmastvāṃ vakṣyasi ca naḥ śuśrūṣatāṃ kathāyogam / (3.2) Par.?

tad bhagavāṃstu tāvacchaunako 'gniśaraṇam adhyāste // (3.3) Par.?

yo 'sau divyāḥ kathā veda devatāsurasaṃkathāḥ / (4.1) Par.?

manuṣyoragagandharvakathā veda ca sarvaśaḥ // (4.2) Par.?

sa cāpyasmin makhe saute vidvān kulapatir dvijaḥ / (5.1) Par.?

dakṣo dhṛtavrato dhīmāñ śāstre cāraṇyake guruḥ // (5.2) Par.?

satyavādī śamaparastapasvī niyatavrataḥ / (6.1) Par.?

sarveṣām eva no mānyaḥ sa tāvat pratipālyatām // (6.2) Par.?

tasminn adhyāsati gurāvāsanaṃ paramārcitam / (7.1) Par.?

tato vakṣyasi yat tvāṃ sa prakṣyati dvijasattamaḥ // (7.2) Par.?

sūta uvāca / (8.1) Par.?

evam astu gurau tasminn upaviṣṭe mahātmani / (8.2) Par.?

tena pṛṣṭaḥ kathāḥ puṇyā vakṣyāmi vividhāśrayāḥ // (8.3) Par.?

so 'tha viprarṣabhaḥ kāryaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ yathākramam / (9.1) Par.?

devān vāgbhiḥ pitṝn adbhistarpayitvājagāma ha // (9.2) Par.?

yatra brahmarṣayaḥ siddhāsta āsīnā yatavratāḥ / (10.1) Par.?

yajñāyatanam āśritya sūtaputrapuraḥsarāḥ // (10.2) Par.?

ṛtvikṣvatha sadasyeṣu sa vai gṛhapatistataḥ / (11.1) Par.?

upaviṣṭeṣūpaviṣṭaḥ śaunako 'thābravīd idam // (11.2) Par.?