ऋषेः कण्वस्य पुत्रेण कण्डुना परमर्षिणा। शृणु गाथा पुरा गीता धर्मिष्ठा सत्यवादिना॥
ṛṣeḥ kaṇvasya putreṇa kaṇḍunā paramarṣiṇā| śṛṇu gāthā purā gītā dharmiṣṭhā satyavādinā||
English Meaning
Do you hear, I shall relate, a sacred story, narrated by the great ascetic, the truthful Kandu, son of the ascetic Kanyā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)