भीष्म उवाच। अत्याश्चर्यवती रम्या कथेयं पापनाशिनी। विस्तरेण च मे ब्रूहि याथातथ्येन पृच्छतः
bhīṣma uvāca| atyāścaryavatī ramyā katheyaṃ pāpanāśinī| vistareṇa ca me brūhi yāthātathyena pṛcchataḥ
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.