सूत उवाच एवमाभाषित: पृष्ट: स राज्ञा श्लक्ष्णया गिरा । प्रत्यभाषत धर्मज्ञो भगवान् बादरायणि: ॥ ४० ॥
suta uvaca evam abhasitah prstah sa rajna slaksnaya gira pratyabhasata dharma-jno bhagavan badarayanih
- sutah uvaca
- Sri Suta Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- abhasitah
- being spoken
- prstah
- and asked for
- sah
- he
- rajna
- by the King
- slaksnaya
- by sweet
- gira
- language
- pratyabhasata
- began to reply
- dharma-jnah
- one who knows the principles of religion
- bhagavan
- the powerful personality
- badarayanih
- son of Vyasadeva.
Sri Suta Gosvami said: The King thus spoke and questioned the sage, using sweet language. Then the great and powerful personality, the son of Vyasadeva, who knew the principles of religion, began his reply. END OF THE FIRST CANTO