Mahābhārata · Ādiparvan · 1.50
मन्वादि भारतं के चिद् आस्तीकादि तथापरे तथोपरिचराद्य् अन्ये विप्राः सम्यग् अधीयते
manvādi bhārataṃ ke cid āstīkādi tathāpare tathoparicarādy anye viprāḥ samyag adhīyate
“The Rishi Vyasa published this mass of knowledge in both a detailed and an abridged form; some read the Bharata beginning with the initial mantra, others with the story of Astika or of Uparichara, while some Brahmanas study the whole, and men of learning display their knowledge of the institutes in commenting on the composition. (trans. K.M. Ganguli)”
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