श्री शुक उवाच एवमेतन्निगदितं पृष्टवान् यद्भवान् मम । नृणां यन्म्रियमाणानां मनुष्येषु मनीषिणाम् ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam etan nigaditam prstavan yad bhavan mama nrnam yan mriyamananam manusyesu manisinam
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- so
- etat
- all these
- nigaditam
- answered
- prstavan
- as you inquired
- yat
- what
- bhavan
- your good self
- mama
- unto me
- nrnam
- of the human being
- yat
- one
- mriyamananam
- on the threshold of death
- manusyesu
- amongst the human beings
- manisinam
- of the intelligent men.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Maharaja Pariksit, as you have inquired from me as to the duty of the intelligent man who is on the threshold of death, so I have answered you.