नारद: प्राह मुनये सरस्वत्यास्तटे नृप । ध्यायते ब्रह्म परमं व्यासायामिततेजसे ॥ ४५ ॥
naradah praha munaye sarasvatyas tate nrpa dhyayate brahma paramam vyasayamita-tejase
- naradah
- the great sage Narada
- praha
- instructed
- munaye
- unto the great sage
- sarasvatyah
- of the river Sarasvati
- tate
- on the bank
- nrpa
- O King
- dhyayate
- unto the meditative
- brahma
- Absolute Truth
- paramam
- the Supreme
- vyasaya
- unto Srila Vyasadeva
- amita
- unlimited
- tejase
- unto the powerful.
In succession, O King, the great sage Narada instructed Srimad-Bhagavatam unto the unlimitedly powerful Vyasadeva, who meditated in devotional service upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, on the bank of the river Sarasvati.