श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच एवं ते भगवद्दूता यमदूताभिभाषितम् । उपधार्याथ तान् राजन् प्र्रत्याहुर्नयकोविदा: ॥ १ ॥
sri-badarayanir uvaca evam te bhagavad-duta yamadutabhibhasitam upadharyatha tan rajan pratyahur naya-kovidah
- sri-badarayanih uvaca
- Sukadeva Gosvami, the son of Vyasadeva, said
- evam
- thus
- te
- they
- bhagavat-dutah
- the servants of Lord Visnu
- yamaduta
- by the servants of Yamaraja
- abhibhasitam
- what was spoken
- upadharya
- hearing
- atha
- then
- tan
- unto them
- rajan
- O King
- pratyahuh
- replied properly
- naya-kovidah
- being conversant in good arguments or good logic.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, the servants of Lord Visnu are always very expert in logic and arguments. After hearing the statements of the Yamadutas, they replied as follows.