Devanagari
उवाच सुखमासीनान् भगवान् धर्मगुप्तनु: ।
सदसस्तस्य महतो यतवाचोऽनुशृण्वत: ॥ ८ ॥
Verse text
uvāca sukham āsīnān
bhagavān dharma-gup-tanuḥ
sadasas tasya mahato
yata-vāco ’nuśṛṇvataḥ
Synonyms
uvāca
—
said
;
sukham
—
comfortably
;
āsīnān
—
to them who were seated
;
bhagavān
—
the Supreme Lord
;
dharma
—
of religion
;
gup
—
the means of protection
;
tanuḥ
—
whose body
;
sadasaḥ
—
in the assembly
;
tasya
—
that
;
mahataḥ
—
to the great souls
;
yata
—
subdued
;
vācaḥ
—
whose speech
;
anuśṛṇvataḥ
—
as they listened carefully .
Translation
After the sages were comfortably seated, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose transcendental body protects religious principles, addressed them in the midst of that great assembly. Everyone listened silently with rapt attention.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
After the sages were comfortably seated, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose transcendental body protects religious principles, addressed them in the midst of that great assembly. Everyone listened silently with rapt attention.
KB 10.84.8
When all the sages were comfortably seated, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who descended for the protection of religion, began to address them on behalf of all the kings. When Kṛṣṇa began to speak, all became silent, being eager to hear and understand His welcoming words to the sages.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Krsna, sitting in the assembly (sadasah for sadasi), spoke to the sages.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
He spoke since he had appeared in the world to protect dharma. Persons even of great stature were silent, since they wanted to hear his words.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
He spoke since he was manifesting unlimited qualities such as honoring brāhmaṇas, since he was the protector of dharma (dharma-gup-tanuḥ). Though great, everyone in the assembly was silent, because they were listening. Confused by bhakti when the sages came he did not follow the proper order of worship with lamps. Lamps and incense are offered if there is an offering of food. Since food was not offered, these items are not mentioned. Offeing incense also depends on the fragrance in the room. Thus everything was done properly.