sÅ«ta uvÄca
evam ÄbhÄá¹£itaḥ pṛṣá¹aḥ
sa rÄjÃ±Ä Å›lakṣṇayÄ girÄ
pratyabhÄá¹£ata dharma-jño
bhagavÄn bÄdarÄyaṇiḥ
sÅ«taḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« said; evam - thus; ÄbhÄá¹£itaḥ - being spoken; pṛṣá¹aḥ - and asked for; saḥ - he; rÄjÃ±Ä - by the King; Å›lakṣṇayÄ - by sweet; girÄ - language; pratyabhÄá¹£ata - began to reply; dharma-jñaḥ - one who knows the principles of religion; bhagavÄn - the powerful personality; bÄdarÄyaṇiḥ - son of VyÄsadeva.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the First Canto, Nineteenth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The Appearance of Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«.â€
END OF THE FIRST CANTO