The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.58.1

1.58.1

janamejaya uvāca |
ya ete kīrtitā brahmanye cānye nānukīrtitāḥ |
samyaktāñśrotumicchāmi rājñaścānyānsuvarcasaḥ || 1 ||

"Janamejaya said, 'O Brahmana, those thou hast named and those thou hast not named, I wish to hear of them in detail, as also of other kings by thousands. And, O thou of great good fortune, it behoveth thee to tell me in full the object for which those Maharathas, equal unto the celestials themselves, were born on earth.'