श्रीशुक उवाच इत्युक्तवन्तं पुरुषं पुरातनं महानुभावोऽखिलसाधुसम्मत: । बद्धाञ्जलिर्बाष्पकलाकुलेक्षणो भक्त्युत्कलो गद्गदया गिराब्रवीत् ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca ity uktavantam purusam puratanam mahanubhavo ’khila-sadhu-sammatah baddhanjalir baspa-kalakuleksano bhakty-utkalo gadgadaya girabravit
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- iti
- thus
- uktavantam
- upon the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- purusam
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- puratanam
- the oldest of everyone
- maha-anubhavah
- Bali Maharaja, who was a great and exalted soul
- akhila-sadhu-sammatah
- as approved by all saintly persons
- baddha-anjalih
- with folded hands
- baspa-kala-akula-iksanah
- whose eyes were filled with tears
- bhakti-utkalah
- full of ecstatic devotion
- gadgadaya
- which were faltering in devotional ecstasy
- gira
- by such words
- abravit
- said
Sukadeva Gosvami said: When the supreme, ancient, eternal Personality of Godhead had thus spoken to Bali Maharaja, who is universally accepted as a pure devotee of the Lord and therefore a great soul, Bali Maharaja, his eyes filled with tears, his hands folded and his voice faltering in devotional ecstasy, responded as follows.