श्रीशुक उवाच
शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्नितिहासमिमं यथा ।
श्रुतं द्वैपायनमुखान्नारदाद्देवलादपि ॥९॥

śrī-śuka uvāca
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājann
itihāsam imaṁ yathā
śrutaṁ dvaipāyana-mukhān
nāradād devalād api

 śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; śṛṇuṣva - please hear; avahitaḥ - with great attention; rājan - O King; itihāsam - history; imam - this; yathā - just as; śrutam - heard; dvaipāyana - of Vyāsadeva; mukhāt - from the mouth; nāradāt - from Nārada; devalāt - from Devala Ṛṣi; api - also.


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Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, I shall speak to you the same history I have heard from the mouths of Vyāsadeva, Nārada and Devala. Please listen with attention.

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