sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti -- thus; sma -- indeed; raja -- the King; samprishtah -- questioned; krishnena -- by Lord Krishna; ananta -- unlimited; murtina -- whose forms; madhavam -- to Him, Lord Madhava; pranipatya -- bowing down; aha -- he spoke; kiritena -- with his helmet; arka -- like the sun; varcasa -- whose brilliance.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thus questioned by Krishna, whose forms are unlimited, the King, his helmet as dazzling as the sun, bowed down to Lord Madhava and replied as follows.