सूत उवाच अथ तं सुखमासीन उपासीनं बृहच्छ्रवा: । देवर्षि: प्राह विप्रर्षिं वीणापाणि: स्मयन्निव ॥ १ ॥
suta uvaca atha tam sukham asina upasinam brhac-chravah devarsih praha viprarsim vina-panih smayann iva
- sutah
- Suta
- uvaca
- said
- atha
- therefore
- tam
- him
- sukham asinah
- comfortably seated
- upasinam
- unto one sitting nearby
- brhat-sravah
- greatly respected
- devarsih
- the great rsi among the gods
- praha
- said
- viprarsim
- unto the rsi among the brahmanas
- vina-panih
- one who carries a vina in his hand
- smayan iva
- apparently smiling.
Suta Gosvami said: Thus the sage amongst the gods (Narada), comfortably seated and apparently smiling, addressed the rsi amongst the brahmanas (Vedavyasa).