देव्युवाच। इतिहासोऽयमीशान श्रेयसां साधनं परम् । आकर्ण्य करुणापूर्ण ममकांक्षा प्रवर्त्तते
devyuvāca| itihāso'yamīśāna śreyasāṃ sādhanaṃ param | ākarṇya karuṇāpūrṇa mamakāṃkṣā pravarttate
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.