maharṣeḥ pūjitasyeha sarvaloke mahātmanaḥ pravakṣyāmi mataṃ kṛtsnaṃ vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase yasya prasādād vakṣyāmi nārāyaṇakathām imām sarvāśramābhigamanaṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam na tathā phaladaṃ sūte nārāyaṇakathā yathā nāsti nārāyaṇasamaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati etena satyavākyena sarvārthān sādhayāmy aham

“Sauti bowed to the primordial Isana, the incorruptible Brahma, Vishnu and Hari the ruler of all things moveable and immoveable, and declared that he would recite the sacred thoughts of the illustrious Vyasa, adding that the Narayana-story is the most fruitful of all and that there is none equal to Narayana. (trans. K.M. Ganguli)”