श्रीशौनक उवाच सूत जीव चिरं साधो वद नो वदतां वर । तमस्यपारे भ्रमतां नृणां त्वं पारदर्शन: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śaunaka uvāca sūta jīva ciraṁ sādho vada no vadatāṁ vara tamasy apāre bhramatāṁ nṝṇāṁ tvaṁ pāra-darśanaḥ
- śrī-śaunakaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śaunaka said
- sūta
- O Sūta Gosvāmī
- jīva
- may you live
- ciram
- for a long time
- sādho
- O saint
- vada
- please speak
- naḥ
- to us
- vadatām
- of speakers
- vara
- O you who are the best
- tamasi
- in darkness
- apāre
- unbounded
- bhramatām
- who are wandering
- nṝṇām
- for men
- tvam
- you
- pāra-darśanaḥ
- the seer of the opposite shore
Śrī Śaunaka said: O Sūta, may you live a long life! O saintly one, best of speakers, please continue speaking to us. Indeed, only you can show men the path out of the ignorance in which they are wandering.