अथ तस्मै प्रपन्नाय भक्ताय प्रयतात्मने । भगवान्नारद: प्रीतो विद्यामेतामुवाच ह ॥ १७ ॥
atha tasmai prapannaya bhaktaya prayatatmane bhagavan naradah prito vidyam etam uvaca ha
- atha
- thereafter
- tasmai
- unto him
- prapannaya
- who was surrendered
- bhaktaya
- being a devotee
- prayata-atmane
- who was self-controlled
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- naradah
- Narada
- pritah
- being very pleased
- vidyam
- transcendental knowledge
- etam
- this
- uvaca
- spoke
- ha
- indeed.
Thereafter, being very much pleased with Citraketu, who was a self-controlled devotee and surrendered soul, Narada, the most powerful sage, spoke to him the following transcendental instructions.