श्रीशुक उवाच कृष्णस्यासीद् द्विजश्रेष्ठ: श्रुतदेव इति श्रुत: । कृष्णैकभक्त्या पूर्णार्थ: शान्त: कविरलम्पट: ॥ १३ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca kṛṣṇasyāsīd dvija-śreṣṭhaḥ śrutadeva iti śrutaḥ kṛṣṇaika-bhaktyā pūrṇārthaḥ śāntaḥ kavir alampataḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva said
- kṛṣṇasya
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- āsīt
- there was
- dvija
- of brāhmaṇas
- śreṣṭhaḥ
- one of the best
- śrutadevaḥ
- Śrutadeva
- iti
- thus
- śrutaḥ
- known
- kṛṣṇa
- to Lord Kṛṣṇa
- eka
- exclusive
- bhaktyā
- by his devotion
- pūrṇa
- full
- arthaḥ
- in all goals of desire
- śāntaḥ
- peaceful
- kaviḥ
- learned and discriminating
- alampaṭaḥ
- not desirous of sense gratification
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: There was a devotee of Kṛṣṇa’s known as Śrutadeva, who was a first-class brāhmaṇa. Perfectly satisfied by rendering unalloyed devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, he was peaceful, learned and free from sense gratification.