सनत्कुमार उवाच साधु पृष्टं महाराज सर्वभूतहितात्मना । भवता विदुषा चापि साधूनां मतिरीदृशी ॥ १८ ॥
sanat-kumara uvaca sadhu prstam maharaja sarva-bhuta-hitatmana bhavata vidusa capi sadhunam matir idrsi
- sanat-kumarah uvaca
- Sanat-kumara said
- sadhu
- saintly
- prstam
- question
- maharaja
- my dear King
- sarva-bhuta
- all living entities
- hita-atmana
- by one who desires good for all
- bhavata
- by you
- vidusa
- well learned
- ca
- and
- api
- although
- sadhunam
- of the saintly persons
- matih
- intelligence
- idrsi
- like this.
Sanat-kumara said: My dear King Prthu, I am very nicely questioned by you. Such questions are beneficial for all living entities, especially because they are raised by you, who are always thinking of the good of others. Although you know everything, you ask such questions because that is the behavior of saintly persons. Such intelligence is befitting your position.