श्रीशुक उवाच वृष्णीनां प्रवरो मन्त्री कृष्णस्य दयित: सखा । शिष्यो बृहस्पते: साक्षादुद्धवो बुद्धिसत्तम: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca vṛṣṇīnāṁ pravaro mantrī kṛṣṇasya dayitaḥ sakhā śiṣyo bṛhaspateḥ sākṣād uddhavo buddhi-sattamaḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- vṛṣṇīnām
- of the Vṛṣṇis
- pravaraḥ
- the best
- mantrī
- adviser
- kṛṣṇasya
- of Kṛṣṇa
- dayitaḥ
- beloved
- sakhā
- friend
- śiṣyaḥ
- disciple
- bṛhaspateḥ
- of Bṛhaspati, the spiritual master of the demigods
- sākṣāt
- directly
- uddhavaḥ
- Uddhava
- buddhi
- having intelligence
- sat-tamaḥ
- of the highest quality
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The supremely intelligent Uddhava was the best counselor of the Vṛṣṇi dynasty, a beloved friend of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and a direct disciple of Bṛhaspati.