सूत उवाच संस्तुतो भगवानित्थं मार्कण्डेयेन धीमता । नारायणो नरसख: प्रीत आह भृगूद्वहम् ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca saṁstuto bhagavān itthaṁ mārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā nārāyaṇo nara-sakhaḥ prīta āha bhṛgūdvaham
- sūtaḥ uvāca
- Sūta Gosvāmī said
- saṁstutaḥ
- properly glorified
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- ittham
- in this way
- mārkaṇḍeyena
- by Mārkaṇḍeya
- dhī-matā
- the intelligent sage
- nārāyaṇaḥ
- Lord Nārāyaṇa
- nara-sakhaḥ
- the friend of Nara
- prītaḥ
- satisfied
- āha
- spoke
- bhṛgu-udvaham
- to the most eminent descendant of Bhṛgu
Sūta Gosvāmī said: The Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa, the friend of Nara, was satisfied by the proper glorification offered by the intelligent sage Mārkaṇḍeya. Thus the Lord addressed that excellent descendant of Bhṛgu.