राजोवाच ब्रह्मणा चोदितो ब्रह्मन् गुणाख्यानेऽगुणस्य च । यस्मै यस्मै यथा प्राह नारदो देवदर्शन: ॥ १ ॥
rajovaca brahmana codito brahman gunakhyane ’gunasya ca yasmai yasmai yatha praha narado deva-darsanah
- raja
- the King
- uvaca
- inquired
- brahmana
- by Lord Brahma
- coditah
- being instructed
- brahman
- O learned brahmana (Sukadeva Gosvami)
- guna-akhyane
- in narrating the transcendental qualities
- agunasya
- of the Lord, who is without material qualities
- ca
- and
- yasmai yasmai
- and whom
- yatha
- as much as
- praha
- explained
- naradah
- Narada Muni
- deva-darsanah
- one whose audience is as good as that of any demigod.
King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: How did Narada Muni, whose hearers are as fortunate as those instructed by Lord Brahma, explain the transcendental qualities of the Lord, who is without material qualities, and before whom did he speak?