sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam -- in this manner; sah -- he (Narada); rishina -- by the sage (Sri Narayana Rishi); adishtam -- ordered; grihitva -- accepting; sraddhaya -- faithfully; atma-van -- selfpossessed; purnah -- successful in all his purposes; sruta -- upon what he had heard; dharah -- meditating; rajan -- O King (Parikshit); aha -- said; vira -- like that of a heroic kshatriya; vratah -- whose vow; munih -- the sage.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: When Sri Narayana Rishi ordered him in this way, the self-possessed sage Narada, whose vow is as heroic as a warrior's, accepted the command with firm faith. Now successful in all his purposes, he thought about what he had heard, O King, and replied to the Lord as follows.