श्रीशुक उवाच स इत्थं चोदित: क्षत्त्रा तत्त्वजिज्ञासुना मुनि: । प्रत्याह भगवच्चित्त: स्मयन्निव गतस्मय: ॥ ८ ॥
sri-suka uvaca sa ittham coditah ksattra tattva-jijnasuna munih pratyaha bhagavac-cittah smayann iva gata-smayah
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- sah
- he (Maitreya Muni)
- ittham
- in this way
- coditah
- being agitated
- ksattra
- by Vidura
- tattva-jijnasuna
- by one who was anxious to inquire to know the truth
- munih
- the great sage
- pratyaha
- replied
- bhagavat-cittah
- God conscious
- smayan
- wondering
- iva
- as if
- gata-smayah
- without hesitation.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, Maitreya, being thus agitated by the inquisitive Vidura, at first seemed astonished, but then he replied to him without hesitation, since he was fully God conscious.