तां कथां श्रोतुमिच्छामि विस्तरेण च मैथिलि। यथाभूतं च कात्स्येन तन्मे त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि॥
tāṃ kathāṃ śrotumicchāmi vistareṇa ca maithili| yathābhūtaṃ ca kātsyena tanme tvaṃ vaktumarhasi||
English Meaning
O Maithili, that story I should like to hear, related at length. It therefore, behoves you to relate that to me in detail.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)