अलर्क उवाच कथितो ऽयं महाभागे ! राज्यतन्त्राश्रितस्त्वया । धर्मं तमहमिच्छामि श्रोतुं वर्णाश्रमात्मकम्
alarka uvāca kathito 'yaṃ mahābhāge ! rājyatantrāśritastvayā / dharmaṃ tamahamicchāmi śrotuṃ varṇāśramātmakam
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.