"AUM! I bow down to Narayana and Nara, the most exalted Purusha, and to the Devi Saraswati, and utter the word Jaya. U…"

"Sauti said, ‘I heard the diverse, sacred and marvellous tales, which Krishna Dwaipayana composed in his Mahabharata, …"

"Tell me, greatest of Dvijas, what would you hear from me? Shall I recount the sacred tales of the Puranas, which tell…"

"Discontent is the root of fortune."

"When the Gods deal defeat to a person, they first take his mind away, so that he sees things wrongly."

"With gentleness one defeats the gentle as well as the hard; there is nothing impossible to the gentle; therefore the …"

"And the kings of the earth with souls steeped in ignorance, and discontented with what they have, will at such a time…"

"And men with false reputation of learning will contract Truth and the old will betray the senselessness of the young,…"

"And cowards will have the reputation of bravery and the brave will be cheerless like cowards... men will cease to tru…"

"Sauti then said, ‘I bow to the Primordial Being, Isana, to whom the people all make offerings, whom the multitude ado…"