सम्पूज्य देवऋषिवर्यमृषि: पुराणो नारायणो नरसखो विधिनोदितेन । वाण्याभिभाष्य मितयामृतमिष्टया तं प्राह प्रभो भगवते करवाम हे किम् ॥ १६ ॥
sampūjya deva-ṛṣi-varyam ṛṣiḥ purāṇo nārāyaṇo nara-sakho vidhinoditena vāṇyābhibhāṣya mitayāmṛta-miṣṭayā taṁ prāha prabho bhagavate karavāma he kim
- sampūjya
- fully worshiping
- deva
- among the demigods
- ṛṣi
- the sage
- varyam
- greatest
- ṛṣiḥ
- the sage
- purāṇaḥ
- primeval
- nārāyaṇaḥ
- Lord Nārāyaṇa
- nara-sakhaḥ
- the friend of Nara
- vidhinā
- by scripture
- uditena
- enjoined
- vāṇyā
- with speech
- abhibhāṣya
- conversing
- mitayā
- measured
- amṛta
- with nectar
- miṣṭayā
- sweet
- tam
- him, Nārada
- prāha
- He addressed
- prabho
- O master
- bhagavate
- for the lord
- karavāma
- We may do
- he
- O
- kim
- what
After fully worshiping the great sage of the demigods according to Vedic injunctions, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is Himself the original sage — Nārāyaṇa, the friend of Nara — conversed with Nārada, and the Lord’s measured speech was as sweet as nectar. Finally the Lord asked Nārada, “What may We do for you, Our lord and master?”