इति प्रथमः प्रपाठकः ॥अथ भगवाञ्छाकायन्यः सुप्रीतोऽब्रवीद्राजानं महाराज बृहद्रथेक्ष्वाकुवंशध्वजशीर्षात्मजः कृतकृत्यस्त्वं मरुन्नाम्नो विश्रुतोऽसीत्ययं वा व खल्वात्मा ते कतमो भगवान्वर्ण्य इति तं होवाच इति ॥२.१ ॥
In plain words
Then the blessed Śākāyanya, well pleased, said to the king: Great king Bṛhadratha, banner of the line of Ikṣvāku, thou hast done what was to be done and art renowned by the name of Marut. This indeed is thy Self. "Which is it, sir, that thou describest?" And he said to him this.