śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; katthanam - boasting; tat - that; upākarṇya - hearing; pauṇḍrakasya - of Pauṇḍraka; alpa - small; medhasaḥ - whose intelligence; ugrasena-ādayaḥ - headed by King Ugrasena; sabhyāḥ - the members of the assembly; uccakaiḥ - loudly; jahasuḥ - laughed; tadā - then.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: King Ugrasena and the other members of the assembly laughed loudly when they heard this vain boasting of unintelligent Pauṇḍraka.