महर्षिस्तमुपासीनं प्रश्रयावनतं क्षितौ । प्रतिपूज्य महाराज समाभाष्येदमब्रवीत् ॥ १६ ॥
maharsis tam upasinam prasrayavanatam ksitau pratipujya maharaja samabhasyedam abravit
- maha-rsih
- the great sage
- tam
- unto him (the King)
- upasinam
- sitting near
- prasraya-avanatam
- bowing in humility
- ksitau
- on the ground
- pratipujya
- congratulating
- maharaja
- O King Pariksit
- samabhasya
- addressing
- idam
- this
- abravit
- said.
O King Pariksit, when Citraketu, bent low in humility, was seated at the lotus feet of the great sage, the sage congratulated him for his humility and hospitality. The sage addressed him in the following words.