महिमानं विलोक्यास्य नारदो भगवानृषि: । आतोद्यं वितुदञ्श्लोकान् सत्रेऽगायत्प्रचेतसाम् ॥ ४० ॥
mahimanam vilokyasya narado bhagavan rsih atodyam vitudan slokan satre ’gayat pracetasam
- mahimanam
- glories
- vilokya
- observing
- asya
- of Dhruva Maharaja
- naradah
- the great sage Narada
- bhagavan
- equally as exalted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- rsih
- the saint
- atodyam
- the stringed instrument, vina
- vitudan
- playing on
- slokan
- verses
- satre
- in the sacrificial arena
- agayat
- chanted
- pracetasam
- of the Pracetas.
After observing the glories of Dhruva Maharaja, the great sage Narada, playing his vina, went to the sacrificial arena of the Pracetas and very happily chanted the following three verses.