कथं निधनम आपन्नः पिता मम तथाविधः आचक्षध्वं यथावन मे शरॊतुम इच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ १-४५-१८ ॥
'Janamejaya said, 'How did my father, endowed with such virtues, meet his end? Please narrate the details exactly as they happened. I wish to hear the truth.'' ॥ 1-45-18 ॥
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