सूत उवाच एवं सञ्चोदितस्तेन क्षत्त्रा कौषारविर्मुनि: । प्रीत: प्रत्याह तान् प्रश्नान् हृदिस्थानथ भार्गव ॥ ३ ॥
suta uvaca evam sancoditas tena ksattra kausaravir munih pritah pratyaha tan prasnan hrdi-sthan atha bhargava
- sutah uvaca
- Sri Suta Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- sancoditah
- being enlivened
- tena
- by him
- ksattra
- by Vidura
- kausaravih
- the son of Kusara
- munih
- great sage
- pritah
- being pleased
- pratyaha
- replied
- tan
- those
- prasnan
- questions
- hrdi-sthan
- from the core of his heart
- atha
- thus
- bhargava
- O son of Bhrgu.
Suta Gosvami said: O son of Bhrgu, the great sage Maitreya Muni, thus hearing from Vidura, felt very much enlivened. Everything was in his heart, and thus he began to reply to the questions one after another.