प्रोवाच मह्यं स दयालुरुक्तो मुनि: पुलस्त्येन पुराणमाद्यम् । सोऽहं तवैतत्कथयामि वत्स श्रद्धालवे नित्यमनुव्रताय ॥ ९ ॥
provaca mahyam sa dayalur ukto munih pulastyena puranam adyam so ’ham tavaitat kathayami vatsa sraddhalave nityam anuvrataya
- provaca
- said
- mahyam
- unto me
- sah
- he
- dayaluh
- kindhearted
- uktah
- aforementioned
- munih
- sage
- pulastyena
- by the sage Pulastya
- puranam adyam
- the foremost of all the Puranas
- sah aham
- that also I
- tava
- unto you
- etat
- this
- kathayami
- shall speak
- vatsa
- my dear son
- sraddhalave
- unto one who is faithful
- nityam
- always
- anuvrataya
- unto one who is a follower.
The great sage Parasara, as aforementioned, being so advised by the great sage Pulastya, spoke unto me the foremost of the Puranas (Bhagavatam). I shall also describe this before you, my dear son, in terms of my hearing, because you are always my faithful follower.