महादेव उवाच- भूर्लोके या कथा जाता भैष्मी यौधिष्ठिरी सति । तामहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि लोकानां च हिताय वै । एतान्प्रश्नांस्तदा श्रुत्वा प्राह भीष्मो युधिष्ठिरम्
mahādeva uvāca- bhūrloke yā kathā jātā bhaiṣmī yaudhiṣṭhirī sati | tāmahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi lokānāṃ ca hitāya vai | etānpraśnāṃstadā śrutvā prāha bhīṣmo yudhiṣṭhiram
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.