शौनक उवाच। शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि हयस्तंभस्य कारणम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते दुःखादतिचित्रकथानकम्
śaunaka uvāca| śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi hayastaṃbhasya kāraṇam | yacchrutvā mucyate duḥkhādaticitrakathānakam
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.