।। सूत उवाच इति श्रुत्वा स वैतालो राजानमिदमब्रवीत् ।। विदेहदेशे भूपाल नगरी मिथिलावती
|| sūta uvāca iti śrutvā sa vaitālo rājānamidamabravīt || videhadeśe bhūpāla nagarī mithilāvatī
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.