मैत्रेय उवाच इति प्रचेतसां पृष्टो भगवान्नारदो मुनि: । भगवत्युत्तमश्लोक आविष्टात्माब्रवीन्नृपान् ॥ ८ ॥
maitreya uvaca iti pracetasam prsto bhagavan narado munih bhagavaty uttama-sloka avistatmabravin nrpan
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- iti
- thus
- pracetasam
- by the Pracetas
- prstah
- being asked
- bhagavan
- the great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- naradah
- Narada
- munih
- very thoughtful
- bhagavati
- in the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- uttama-sloke
- possessing excellent renown
- avista
- absorbed
- atma
- whose mind
- abravit
- replied
- nrpan
- to the Kings.
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, being thus petitioned by the Pracetas, the supreme devotee Narada, who is always absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, began to reply.