तत: समाधाय मनो मनीषया बभाष एतत्प्रतिलब्धवागसौ । नियम्य सर्वेन्द्रियबाह्यवर्तनं जगद्गुरुं सात्वतशास्त्रविग्रहम् ॥ ३३ ॥
tatah samadhaya mano manisaya babhasa etat pratilabdha-vag asau niyamya sarvendriya-bahya-vartanam jagad-gurum satvata-sastra-vigraham
- tatah
- thereafter
- samadhaya
- controlling
- manah
- the mind
- manisaya
- by his intelligence
- babhasa
- spoke
- etat
- this
- pratilabdha
- recovering
- vak
- speech
- asau
- that one (King Citraketu)
- niyamya
- controlling
- sarva-indriya
- of all the senses
- bahya
- external
- vartanam
- the wandering
- jagat-gurum
- who is the spiritual master of everyone
- satvata
- of devotional service
- sastra
- of the holy scriptures
- vigraham
- the personified form
Thereafter, by controlling his mind with his intelligence and thus restricting his senses from external engagements, he recovered suitable words with which to express his feelings. Thus he began offering prayers to the Lord, who is the personification of the holy scriptures (the satvata-samhitas like the Brahma-samhita and the Narada-pancaratra) and who is the spiritual master of all. He offered his prayers as follows.