śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
evaṁ te bhagavad-dūtā
yamadūtābhibhāṣitam
upadhāryātha tān rājan
pratyāhur naya-kovidāḥ
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca - Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, said; evam - thus; te - they; bhagavat-dūtāḥ - the servants of Lord Viṣṇu; yamadūta - by the servants of Yamarāja; abhibhāṣitam - what was spoken; upadhārya - hearing; atha - then; tān - unto them; rājan - O King; pratyāhuḥ - replied properly; naya-kovidāḥ - being conversant in good arguments or good logic.