2 - Verse 257-259

Wc wish to hear all these—the activities that will be undertaken by them, and their names, the kings who will be born, their time calculated in years, the extent of the Yugas, their good points and their defects, their happiness and misery and those of the subjects, their religious activities and their passionate pursuits as well as their monetary dealings: Enumerate all these to us who ask you. On being requested thus, Suta the most excellent among the intelligent ones, mentioned everything in the manner it would occur and as he had seen and heard. Suta said :