sūta uvāca
viṣṇu-rātena sampṛṣṭo
bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ
vāsudeve bhagavati
nimagna-hṛdayo 'bravīt
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; viṣṇu-rātena — by Viṣṇurāta (Mahārāja Parīkṣit); sampṛṣṭaḥ — well questioned; bhagavān — the powerful sage; bādarāyaṇiḥ — Śukadeva; vāsudeve — in Lord Vāsudeva; bhagavati — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nimagna — fully absorbed; hṛdayaḥ — his heart; abravīt — he spoke.
