श्री शुक उवाच इति भागवत: पृष्ट: क्षत्त्रा वार्तां प्रियाश्रयाम् । प्रतिवक्तुं न चोत्सेह औत्कण्ठ्यात्स्मारितेश्वर: ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca iti bhagavatah prstah ksattra vartam priyasrayam prativaktum na cotseha autkanthyat smaritesvarah
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva said
- iti
- thus
- bhagavatah
- the great devotee
- prstah
- being asked
- ksattra
- by Vidura
- vartam
- message
- priya-asrayam
- regarding the dearest
- prativaktum
- to reply
- na
- not
- ca
- also
- utsehe
- became eager
- autkanthyat
- by excessive anxiety
- smarita
- remembrance
- isvarah
- the Lord.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: When the great devotee Uddhava was asked by Vidura to speak on the messages of the dearest (Lord Krsna), Uddhava was unable to answer immediately due to excessive anxiety at the remembrance of the Lord.