पूर्वकाले महाबाहो ये प्रजापतयोऽभवन्। तान् मे निगदतः सर्वानादितः शृणु राघव ॥
pūrvakāle mahābāho ye prajāpatayo'bhavan| tān me nigadataḥ sarvānāditaḥ śṛṇu rāghava ||
English Meaning
O mighty-armed one, I shall describe (to you) from the very beginning the (history of) those that were Prajāpatis in days of yore.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)