श्रीशुक उवाच एकदा तु सभामध्य आस्थितो मुनिभिर्वृत: । ब्राह्मणै: क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैर्भ्रातृभिश्च युधिष्ठिर: ॥ १ ॥ आचार्यै: कुलवृद्धैश्च ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिबान्धवै: । शृण्वतामेव चैतेषामाभाष्येदमुवाच ह ॥ २ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca ekadā tu sabhā-madhya āsthito munibhir vṛtaḥ brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyair bhrātṛbhiś ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ācāryaiḥ kula-vṛddhaiś ca jñāti-sambandhi-bāndhavaiḥ śṛṇvatām eva caiteṣām ābhāṣyedam uvāca ha
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- ekadā
- once
- tu
- and
- sabhā
- of the royal assembly
- madhye
- in the midst
- āsthitaḥ
- seated
- munibhiḥ
- by sages
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyaiḥ vaiśyaiḥ
- by brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas
- bhrātṛbhiḥ
- by his brothers
- ca
- and
- yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
- King Yudhiṣṭhira
- ācāryaiḥ
- by his spiritual masters
- kula
- of the family
- vṛddhaiḥ
- by the elders
- ca
- also
- jñāti
- by blood relatives
- sambandhi
- in-laws
- bāndhavaiḥ
- and friends
- śṛṇvatām
- as they listened
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- and
- eteṣām
- all of them
- ābhāṣya
- addressing (Lord Kṛṣṇa)
- idam
- this
- uvāca ha
- he said
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: One day, as King Yudhiṣṭhira sat in the royal assembly surrounded by eminent sages, brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, and also by his brothers, spiritual masters, family elders, blood relations, in-laws and friends, he addressed Lord Kṛṣṇa as everyone listened.