tatra - there; upaviṣṭam - sitting; ṛṣibhiḥ - by sages; kalāpa-grāma - in the village Kalāpa (nearby Badarikāśrama); vāsibhiḥ - who resided; parītam - surrounded; praṇataḥ - bowing down; apṛcchat - he asked; idam eva - this same (question); kuru-udvaha - O most eminent of the Kurus.

There Nārada approached Lord Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, who was sitting amidst sages of the village of Kalāpa. After bowing down to the Lord, O hero of the Kurus, Nārada asked Him the very same question you have asked me.