इदं तु शृणु वक्ष्यामि यथाभूतमनिन्दितम् ।यथैति तनुतां चिन्ता मार्गशीर्षलतेव ते
In plain words
But now hear this -- I will tell it to you exactly as it happened, free of all fault -- so that your anxious thought may wither thin, like a creeper in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa.