Chapter 3
Vaishampayana said: “Then Shakra, causing the firmament and the Earth tobe filled by a loud sound, came to the son of Pritha on a car and askedhim to ascend it.
Chapter 2
Vaishampayana said: “Those princes of restrained souls and devoted toYoga, proceeding to the north, beheld Himavat, that very large mountain.Crossing the Himavat, they beheld a vast desert of sand.
Chapter 1
Om! Having bowed down unto Narayana, and to Nara, the foremost of men, asalso to the goddess Sarasvati, should the word “Jaya” be uttered.