श्रीशुक उवाच संस्तूयमानो भगवान् राजभिर्मुक्तबन्धनै: । तानाह करुणस्तात शरण्य: श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥ १७ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca saṁstūyamāno bhagavān rājabhir mukta-bandhanaiḥ tān āha karuṇas tāta śaraṇyaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- saṁstūyamāṇaḥ
- being nicely praised
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- rājabhiḥ
- by the kings
- mukta
- freed
- bandhanaiḥ
- from their bondage
- tān
- to them
- āha
- He spoke
- karuṇaḥ
- merciful
- tāta
- my dear (King Parīkṣit)
- śaraṇyaḥ
- the giver of shelter
- ślakṣṇayā
- with gentle
- girā
- words
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus the kings, now freed from bondage, glorified the Supreme Lord. Then, my dear Parīkṣit, that merciful bestower of shelter spoke to them in a gentle voice.