iti -- thus speaking; adyam -- foremost; rishim -- to the sage (Narayana Rishi); anamya -- bowing down; tat -- His; sishyan -- to the disciples; ca -- and; maha-atmanah -- great saints; tatah -- from there (Narayanasrama); agat -- he went; asramam -- to the hermitage; sakshat -- direct; pituh -- of the progenitor; dvaipayanasya -- Dvaipayana Vedavyasa; me -- my.

[Sukadeva Gosvami continued:] After saying this, Narada bowed down to Sri Narayana Rishi, the foremost of sages, and also to His saintly disciples. He then returned to the hermitage of my father, Dvaipayana Vyasa.