The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.55.1-3

1.55.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
gurave prāṅnamaskṛtya manobuddhisamādhibhiḥ |
saṃpūjya ca dvijānsarvāṃstathānyānviduṣo janān || 1 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'Bowing down in the first place to my preceptor with the eight parts of my body touching the ground, with devotion and reverence, and with all my heart, worshipping the whole assembly of Brahmanas and other learned persons, I shall recite in full what I have heard from the high-souled and great Rishi Vyasa, the first of intelligent men in the three worlds. And having got it within thy reach, O monarch, thou also art a fit person to hear the composition called Bharata. Encouraged by the command of my preceptor my heart feeleth no fear.

1.55.2

maharṣeḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutasyāsya dhīmataḥ |
pravakṣyāmi mataṃ kṛtsnaṃ vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ || 2 ||

1.55.3

śrotuṃ pātraṃ ca rājaṃstvaṃ prāpyemāṃ bhāratīṃ kathām |
gurorvaktuṃ parispando mudā protsāhatīva mām || 3 ||