तत्रोपविष्टमृषिभि: कलापग्रामवासिभि: । परीतं प्रणतोऽपृच्छदिदमेव कुरूद्वह ॥ ७ ॥
tatropaviṣṭam ṛṣibhiḥ kalāpa-grāma-vāsibhiḥ parītaṁ praṇato ’pṛcchad idam eva kurūdvaha
- tatra
- there
- upaviṣṭam
- sitting
- ṛṣibhiḥ
- by sages
- kalāpa-grāma
- in the village Kalāpa (nearby Badarikāśrama)
- vāsibhiḥ
- who resided
- parītam
- surrounded
- praṇataḥ
- bowing down
- apṛcchat
- he asked
- idam eva
- this same (question)
- kuru-udvaha
- O most eminent of the Kurus
There Nārada approached Lord Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, who was sitting amidst sages of the village of Kalāpa. After bowing down to the Lord, O hero of the Kurus, Nārada asked Him the very same question you have asked me.