श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।। पापेन्धनानां दहने ज्वलदाग्निशिखोपमम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || śṛṇu devi pravakṣye'hamitihāsaṃ purātanam || pāpendhanānāṃ dahane jvaladāgniśikhopamam
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.