श्रीशुक उवाच एवं स ऋषिणादिष्टं गृहीत्वा श्रद्धयात्मवान् । पूर्ण: श्रुतधरो राजन्नाह वीरव्रतो मुनि: ॥ ४५ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ sa ṛṣiṇādiṣṭaṁ gṛhītvā śraddhayātmavān pūrṇaḥ śruta-dharo rājann āha vīra-vrato muniḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- evam
- in this manner
- saḥ
- he (Nārada)
- ṛṣiṇā
- by the sage (Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi)
- ādiṣṭam
- ordered
- gṛhītvā
- accepting
- śraddhayā
- faithfully
- ātma-vān
- self-possessed
- pūrṇaḥ
- successful in all his purposes
- śruta
- upon what he had heard
- dharaḥ
- meditating
- rājan
- O King (Parīkṣit)
- āha
- said
- vīra
- like that of a heroic kṣatriya
- vrataḥ
- whose vow
- muniḥ
- the sage
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi ordered him in this way, the self-possessed sage Nārada, whose vow is as heroic as a warrior’s, accepted the command with firm faith. Now successful in all his purposes, he thought about what he had heard, O King, and replied to the Lord as follows.