Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
ity uktas taá¹ praṇamyÄha
mucukundo mudÄnvitaḥ
jñÄtvÄ nÄrÄyaṇaá¹ devaá¹
garga-vÄkyam anusmaran
Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; iti - thus; uktaḥ - addressed; tam - to Him; praṇamya - after bowing down; Äha - said; mucukundaḥ - Mucukunda; mudÄ - with joy; anvitaḥ - filled; jñÄtvÄ - knowing (Him) to be; nÄrÄyaṇam devam - NÄrÄyaṇa, the Supreme Lord; garga-vÄkyam - the words of the sage Garga; anusmaran - remembering.
Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: Mucukunda bowed down to the Lord when he heard this. Remembering the words of the sage Garga, he joyfully recognized Kṛṣṇa to be the Supreme Lord, NÄrÄyaṇa. The King then addressed Him as follows.
Although the Lord here appears as four-handed NÄrÄyaṇa, we may say that Mucukunda was addressing ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa. All of this is taking place within the context of kṛṣṇa-lÄ«lÄ, the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa. It is well known to Vaiṣṇavas that the four-handed forms of Viṣṇu, or NÄrÄyaṇa, are expansions of ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa. Thus within the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa there may also appear viṣṇu-lÄ«lÄ, the activities of Viṣṇu. Such are the qualities and activities of the Supreme Godhead. Deeds that for us would be extraordinary and even impossible are commonplace, effortless pastimes for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« informs us that Mucukunda was aware of the prediction of the ancient sage Garga that in the twenty-eighth millennium the Supreme Lord would descend. According to Ä€cÄrya ViÅ›vanÄtha, Garga Muni further informed Mucukunda that he would personally see the Lord. Now it was all happening.
