स तु संश्रावयामास महाराजं परीक्षितम् । प्रायोपविष्टं गङ्गायां परीतं परमर्षिभि: ॥ ४२ ॥
sa tu samsravayam asa maharajam pariksitam prayopavistam gangayam paritam paramarsibhih
- sah
- the son of Vyasadeva
- tu
- again
- samsravayam asa
- make them audible
- maha-rajam
- unto the emperor
- pariksitam
- of the name Pariksit
- praya-upavistam
- who sat until death without food or drink
- gangayam
- on the bank of the Ganges
- paritam
- being surrounded
- parama-rsibhih
- by great sages.
Sukadeva Gosvami, the son of Vyasadeva, in his turn delivered the Bhagavatam to the great Emperor Pariksit, who sat surrounded by sages on the bank of the Ganges, awaiting death without taking food or drink.