व्यास उवाच इति ब्रुवाणं संस्तूय मुनीनां दीर्घसत्रिणाम् । वृद्ध: कुलपति: सूतं बह्वृच: शौनकोऽब्रवीत् ॥ १ ॥
vyasa uvaca iti bruvanam samstuya muninam dirgha-satrinam vrddhah kula-patih sutam bahvrcah saunako ’bravit
- vyasah
- Vyasadeva
- uvaca
- said
- iti
- thus
- bruvanam
- speaking
- samstuya
- congratulating
- muninam
- of the great sages
- dirgha
- prolonged
- satrinam
- of those engaged in the performance of sacrifice
- vrddhah
- elderly
- kula-patih
- head of the assembly
- sutam
- unto Suta Gosvami
- bahu-rcah
- learned
- saunakah
- of the name Saunaka
- abravit
- addressed.
On hearing Suta Gosvami speak thus, Saunaka Muni, who was the elderly, learned leader of all the rsis engaged in that prolonged sacrificial ceremony, congratulated Suta Gosvami by addressing him as follows.