राजोवाच महर्ष एतद्वैचित्र्यं लोकस्य कथमिति ॥ १ ॥
rajovaca maharsa etad vaicitryam lokasya katham iti.
- raja uvaca
- the King said
- maharse
- O great saint (Sukadeva Gosvami)
- etat
- this
- vaicitryam
- variegatedness
- lokasya
- of the living entities
- katham
- how
- iti
- thus.
King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear sir, why are the living entities put into different material situations? Kindly explain this to me.