श्रीशुक उवाच इत्यादिष्टो भगवता महाभागवतो नृप । उद्धव: प्रणिपत्याह तत्त्वंजिज्ञासुरच्युतम् ॥ १३ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca ity ādiṣṭo bhagavatā mahā-bhāgavato nṛpa uddhavaḥ praṇipatyāha tattvaṁ jijñāsur acyutam
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- iti
- thus
- ādiṣṭaḥ
- instructed
- bhagavatā
- by the Supreme Lord
- mahā-bhāgavataḥ
- the exalted devotee of the Lord
- nṛpa
- O King
- uddhavaḥ
- Uddhava
- praṇipatya
- after bowing down to offer respects
- āha
- spoke
- tattvam
- the scientific truth
- jijñāsuḥ
- being eager to learn
- acyutam
- unto the infallible Personality of Godhead
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmi said: O King, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, thus instructed His pure devotee Uddhava, who was eager to receive knowledge from the Lord. Uddhava then offered obeisances to the Lord and spoke as follows.