śuśrūṣatām avyalīkam
asmākaḿ nara-puńgava
sva-janma karma gotraḿ vā
kathyatāḿ yadi rocate
susrushatam -- who are eager to hear; avyalikam -- truthfully; asmakam -- to us; nara -- among men; pum-gava -- O most eminent; sva -- Your; janma -- birth; karma -- activity; gotram -- lineage; va -- and; kathyatam -- may it be told; yadi -- if; rocate -- it pleases.
O best among men, if You like, please truly describe Your birth, activities and lineage to us, who are eager to hear.
When the Supreme Lord descends to this world, He certainly becomes nara-pungava, the most eminent member of human society. Of course, the Lord is not actually a human being, and Mucukunda's questions will lead to a clarification of this point. Thus the term susrushatam, "to us, who are sincerely eager to hear," indicates that Mucukunda is inquiring in a noble way for his own and others' benefit.
