śrī-śuka uvāca
ity uktas taḿ praṇamyāha
mucukundo mudānvitaḥ
jñātvā nārāyaṇaḿ devaḿ
garga-vākyam anusmaran
sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti -- thus; uktah -- addressed; tam -- to Him; pranamya -- after bowing down; aha -- said; mucukundah -- Mucukunda; muda -- with joy; anvitah -- filled; jnatva -- knowing (Him) to be; narayanam devam -- Narayana, the Supreme Lord; garga-vakyam -- the words of the sage Garga; anusmaran -- remembering.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Mucukunda bowed down to the Lord when he heard this. Remembering the words of the sage Garga, he joyfully recognized Krishna to be the Supreme Lord, Narayana. The King then addressed Him as follows.
Although the Lord here appears as four-handed Narayana, we may say that Mucukunda was addressing Sri Krishna. All of this is taking place within the context of krishna-lila, the pastimes of Lord Krishna. It is well known to Vaishnavas that the four-handed forms of Vishnu, or Narayana, are expansions of Sri Krishna. Thus within the pastimes of Lord Krishna there may also appear vishnu-lila, the activities of Vishnu. Such are the qualities and activities of the Supreme Godhead. Deeds that for us would be extraordinary and even impossible are commonplace, effortless pastimes for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Srila Sridhara Svami informs us that Mucukunda was aware of the prediction of the ancient sage Garga that in the twenty-eighth millennium the Supreme Lord would descend. According to Acarya Visvanatha, Garga Muni further informed Mucukunda that he would personally see the Lord. Now it was all happening.
