śrī-śuka uvāca
evaḿ sa ṛṣiṇādiṣṭaḿ
gṛhītvā śraddhayātmavān
pūrṇaḥ śruta-dharo rājann
āha vīra-vrato muniḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam — in this manner; saḥ — he (Nārada); ṛṣiṇā — by the sage (Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi); ādiṣṭam — ordered; gṛhītvā — accepting; śraddhayā — faithfully; ātma-vān — selfpossessed; pūrṇaḥ — successful in all his purposes; śruta — upon what he had heard; dharaḥ — meditating; rājan — O King (Parīkṣit); āha — said; vīra — like that of a heroic kṣatriya; vrataḥ — whose vow; muniḥ — the sage.