Sagara said: O sage, the knower of the great reality, expert in the matters concerning meditation and spiritual knowledge, minds engrossed in devotion to the lord have been blessed by you, because you narrate good stories, O highly fortunate one. Recount to me in detail what the hind asked her lord after hearing directly from the stag Bhārgava’s entire activities in the past, present and future along with the story of Nārāyaṇa.