श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यानुशृण्वतो राजन् प्रह्लादस्य कृताञ्जले: । हिरण्यगर्भो भगवानुवाच मधुसूदनम् ॥ १८ ॥
sri-suka uvaca tasyanusrnvato rajan prahradasya krtanjaleh hiranyagarbho bhagavan uvaca madhusudanam
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- tasya
- of Prahlada Maharaja
- anusrnvatah
- so that he could hear
- rajan
- O King Pariksit
- prahradasya
- of Prahlada Maharaja
- krta-anjaleh
- who was standing with folded hands
- hiranyagarbhah
- Lord Brahma
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- uvaca
- said
- madhusudanam
- unto Madhusudana, the Personality of Godhead.
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O King Pariksit, Lord Brahma then began to speak to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, within the hearing of Prahlada Maharaja, who stood nearby with folded hands.