उवाच सुखमासीनान् भगवान् धर्मगुप्तनु: । सदसस्तस्य महतो यतवाचोऽनुशृण्वत: ॥ ८ ॥
uvāca sukham āsīnān bhagavān dharma-gup-tanuḥ sadasas tasya mahato yata-vāco ’nuśṛṇvataḥ
- uvāca
- said
- sukham
- comfortably
- āsīnān
- to them who were seated
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- dharma
- of religion
- gup
- the means of protection
- tanuḥ
- whose body
- sadasaḥ
- in the assembly
- tasya
- that
- mahataḥ
- to the great souls
- yata
- subdued
- vācaḥ
- whose speech
- anuśṛṇvataḥ
- as they listened carefully
After the sages were comfortably seated, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose transcendental body protects religious principles, addressed them in the midst of that great assembly. Everyone listened silently with rapt attention.