On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians, their Place in the Sanskrit and Subordinate Literatures c8.87

c8.87

Çaunakaḥ | Kimartham rājaçārdūlaḥ sa rājā Janamejayaḥ |
Sarpasattreṇa sarpāṇām gato 'ntam tad vadasva me! || 1 ||
Āstīkas tu dvijaçreṣṭaḥ kimartham japatām varaḥ |
Moxayām āsa bhujaṅgān dīptāt tasmād dhutāçanāt || 2 ||
Kasya putraḥ sa rājā 'sīt sarpasattram yathā 'harat |
Sa ca dvijātipravaraḥ kasya putro? vadasva tat! || 3 ||
Çrotum icchāmy açeṣeṇa kathām etām manoharām |
Āstīkasya purāṇasya brāhmaṇasya tapasvinaḥ || 4 ||
Sūtaḥ | Mahad ākhyānam āstīkam yathai 'tad procyate budhaiḥ |
Sarvam etad açeṣeṇa çṛṇu me vadatām vara! || 5 ||
Itihāsam imam vṛddhāḥ purāṇam paricaxate |
Kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaproktam Naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ || 6 ||