atha - thereafter; tasmai - unto him; prapannāya - who was surrendered; bhaktāya - being a devotee; prayata-ātmane - who was self-controlled; bhagavān - the most powerful; nāradaḥ - Nārada; prītaḥ - being very pleased; vidyām - transcendental knowledge; etām - this; uvāca - spoke; ha - indeed.

Thereafter, being very much pleased with Citraketu, who was a self-controlled devotee and surrendered soul, Nārada, the most powerful sage, spoke to him the following transcendental instructions.