श्रीउद्धव उवाच वदन्ति कृष्ण श्रेयांसि बहूनि ब्रह्मवादिन: । तेषां विकल्पप्राधान्यमुताहो एकमुख्यता ॥ १ ॥
śrī-uddhava uvāca vadanti kṛṣṇa śreyāṁsi bahūni brahma-vādinaḥ teṣāṁ vikalpa-prādhānyam utāho eka-mukhyatā
- śrī-uddhavaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Uddhava said
- vadanti
- they speak
- kṛṣṇa
- my dear Kṛṣṇa
- śreyāṁsi
- processes for advancement in life
- bahūni
- many
- brahma-vādinaḥ
- the learned sages who have explained the Vedic literature
- teṣām
- of all such processes
- vikalpa
- of varieties of perception
- prādhānyam
- supremacy
- uta
- or
- aho
- indeed
- eka
- of one
- mukhyatā
- being most important
Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Kṛṣṇa, the learned sages who explain Vedic literature recommend various processes for perfecting one’s life. Considering these varieties of viewpoint, my Lord, please tell me whether all these processes are equally important, or whether one of them is supreme.