श्रीनारद उवाच नत्वा भगवतेऽजाय लोकानां धर्मसेतवे । वक्ष्ये सनातनं धर्मं नारायणमुखाच्छ्रुतम् ॥ ५ ॥
sri-narada uvaca natva bhagavate ’jaya lokanam dharma-setave vaksye sanatanam dharmam narayana-mukhac chrutam
- sri-naradah uvaca
- Sri Narada Muni said
- natva
- offering my obeisances
- bhagavate
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ajaya
- ever existing, never born
- lokanam
- throughout the entire universe
- dharma-setave
- who protects religious principles
- vaksye
- I shall explain
- sanatanam
- eternal
- dharmam
- occupational duty
- narayana-mukhat
- from the mouth of Narayana
- srutam
- which I have heard.
Sri Narada Muni said: After first offering my obeisances unto Lord Krsna, the protector of the religious principles of all living entities, let me explain the principles of the eternal religious system, of which I have heard from the mouth of Narayana.