Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्नितिहासमिमं यथा ।
श्रुतं द्वैपायनमुखान्नारदाद्देवलादपि ॥ ९ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājann
itihāsam imaṁ yathā
śrutaṁ dvaipāyana-mukhān
nāradād devalād api
Synonyms
śrī
—
śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
;
śṛṇuṣva
—
please hear
;
avahitaḥ
—
with great attention
;
rājan
—
O King
;
itihāsam
—
history
;
imam
—
this
;
yathā
—
just as
;
śrutam
—
heard
;
dvaipāyana
—
of Vyāsadeva
;
mukhāt
—
from the mouth
;
nāradāt
—
from Nārada
;
devalāt
—
from Devala Ṛṣi
;
api
—
also .
Translation
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, I shall speak to you the same history I have heard from the mouths of Vyāsadeva, Nārada and Devala. Please listen with attention.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King! Please listen with attention what I heard from the mouths of Vyāsadeva, Nārada and Devala.