श्रीशुक उवाच इत्थं स्वभृत्यमुख्येन पृष्ट: स भगवान् हरि: । प्रीत: क्षेमाय मर्त्यानां धर्मानाह सनातनान् ॥ ८ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca itthaṁ sva-bhṛtya-mukhyena pṛṣṭaḥ sa bhagavān hariḥ prītaḥ kṣemāya martyānāṁ dharmān āha sanātanān
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- ittham
- thus
- sva-bhṛtya-mukhyena
- by the best of His devotees
- pṛṣṭaḥ
- questioned
- saḥ
- He
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- hariḥ
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa
- prītaḥ
- being pleased
- kṣemāya
- for the highest welfare
- martyānām
- of all conditioned souls
- dharmān
- religious principles
- āha
- spoke
- sanātanān
- eternal
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Śrī Uddhava, the best of devotees, thus inquired from the Lord. Hearing his question, the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, was pleased and for the welfare of all conditioned souls spoke those religious principles that are eternal.