शृणु पुत्र महाबुद्धे वस्तुतोऽस्य समामिमाम् ।वर्णयामि महाश्चर्यामेकामाख्यायिकां तव
In plain words
'Listen, son of great understanding: I shall recount to you one greatly wondrous tale, this one, which in its substance is the very equal of this [world].'