वैशम्पायन उवाच।। ऋषिभिस्त्वेवमुक्तस्तु नाचिकेतो महामनाः ।। यदुवाच महाराज शृणु तज्जनमेजय
vaiśampāyana uvāca|| ṛṣibhistvevamuktastu nāciketo mahāmanāḥ || yaduvāca mahārāja śṛṇu tajjanamejaya
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.