वसिष्ठ उवाच- शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि कस्माज्जातो जनार्द्दनः । पृथिव्यां त्रिदिवं त्यक्त्वा भवते कथयाम्यहम्
vasiṣṭha uvāca- śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi kasmājjāto janārddanaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ tridivaṃ tyaktvā bhavate kathayāmyaham
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.