( Summary of Contents - Verse 7-9

After bowing with devoted and pious mind to Brahma, Vayu and Indra, to the noble-soul ed Vasistha, the most excellent of the sages, and to his (Vasistha’s) great-grandson, Vyasa, Krsna Dvaipayana, who had attained pre-eminent fame as a sage of great purity, and to sage Jatukarna, 2 I shall