श्रीशुक उवाच स इत्थमापृष्टपुराणकल्प: कुरुप्रधानेन मुनिप्रधान: । प्रवृद्धहर्षो भगवत्कथायां सञ्चोदितस्तं प्रहसन्निवाह ॥ ४२ ॥
sri-suka uvaca sa ittham aprsta-purana-kalpah kuru-pradhanena muni-pradhanah pravrddha-harso bhagavat-kathayam sancoditas tam prahasann ivaha
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- sah
- he
- ittham
- thus
- aprsta
- being questioned
- purana-kalpah
- one who knows how to explain the supplements of the Vedas (the Puranas)
- kuru-pradhanena
- by the chief of the Kurus
- muni-pradhanah
- the chief amongst the sages
- pravrddha
- sufficiently enriched
- harsah
- satisfaction
- bhagavat
- the Personality of Godhead
- kathayam
- in the topics of
- sancoditah
- being so infused
- tam
- unto Vidura
- prahasan
- with smiles
- iva
- like that
- aha
- replied
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thus the chief of the sages, who was always enthusiastic about describing topics regarding the Personality of Godhead, began to narrate the descriptive explanation of the Puranas, being so infused by Vidura. He was very much enlivened by speaking on the transcendental activities of the Lord.