श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच वृत: पुरोहितस्त्वाष्ट्रो महेन्द्रायानुपृच्छते । नारायणाख्यं वर्माह तदिहैकमना: शृणु ॥ ३ ॥
sri-badarayanir uvaca vrtah purohitas tvastro mahendrayanuprcchate narayanakhyam varmaha tad ihaika-manah srnu
- sri-badarayanih uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- vrtah
- the chosen
- purohitah
- priest
- tvastrah
- the son of Tvasta
- mahendraya
- unto King Indra
- anuprcchate
- after he (Indra) inquired
- narayana-akhyam
- named Narayana-kavaca
- varma
- defensive armor made of a mantra
- aha
- he said
- tat
- that
- iha
- this
- eka-manah
- with great attention
- srnu
- hear from me.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: King Indra, the leader of the demigods, inquired about the armor known as Narayana-kavaca from Visvarupa, who was engaged by the demigods as their priest. Please hear Visvarupa’s reply with great attention.