SB 10.87.45
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 45
śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṁ sa ṛṣiṇādiṣṭaṁ
gṛhītvā śraddhayātmavān
pūrṇaḥ śruta-dharo rājann
āha vīra-vrato muniḥ
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—in this manner; saḥ—he (Nārada); ṛṣiṇā—by the sage (Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi); ādiṣṭam—ordered; gṛhītvā—accepting; śraddhayā—faithfully; ātma-vān—selfpossessed; pūrṇaḥ—successful in all his purposes; śruta—upon what he had heard; dharaḥ—meditating; rājan—O King (Parīkṣit); āha—said; vīra—like that of a heroic kṣatriya; vrataḥ—whose vow; muniḥ—the sage.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi ordered him in this way, the self-possessed sage Nārada, 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.