SB 7.11.1 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीशुक उवाच श्रुत्वेहितं साधु सभासभाजितं महत्तमाग्रण्य उरुक्रमात्मन: । युधिष्ठिरो दैत्यपतेर्मुदान्वित: पप्रच्छ भूयस्तनयं स्वयम्भुव: ॥ १ ॥

Verse text

śrī-śuka uvāca śrutvehitaṁ sādhu sabhā-sabhājitaṁ mahattamāgraṇya urukramātmanaḥ yudhiṣṭhiro daitya-pater mudānvitaḥ papraccha bhūyas tanayaṁ svayambhuvaḥ

Synonyms

śrī — śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said ; śrutvā — hearing ; īhitam — the narration ; sādhu sabhā — sabhājitam — which is discussed in assemblies of great devotees like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva ; mahat — tama — agraṇyaḥ — the best of the saintly persons (Yudhiṣṭhira) ; urukrama — ātmanaḥ — of he (Prahlāda Mahārāja) whose mind is always engaged upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who always acts uncommonly ; yudhiṣṭhiraḥ — King Yudhiṣṭhira ; daitya — pateḥ — of the master of the demons ; mudā — anvitaḥ — in a pleasing mood ; papraccha — inquired ; bhūyaḥ — again ; tanayam — unto the son ; svayambhuvaḥ — of Lord Brahmā .

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After hearing about the activities and character of Prahlāda Mahārāja, which are adored and discussed among great personalities like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, the most respectful king among exalted personalities, again inquired from the great saint Nārada Muni in a mood of great pleasure.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After hearing about the activities of Prahlāda Mahārāja, the chief of the great devotees, which are adored among the assembly of devotees, Yudhiṣṭhira again inquired from the Nārada with joy. In ten chapters, the pure inclinations arising from devotion to the Lord [Note: Inclination refers to ūti, the fifth topic of Bhāgavatam.] have been described. In five chapters the excellence of varṇāśrama for material sustenance is now explained. In the eleventh chapter Nārada describes the duties of the normal varṇas such as brāhmaṇas, and also the duties of women and mixed varṇas. Having explained great mercy as the cause of inclination to bhakti without mixture of the guṇas, in five chapters Nārada now explains niṣkāma-karma-yoga as the cause of inclinations for a type of bhakti which is mixed with the guṇas. Īhitaṁ sādhu-sabhā-sabhājitaṁ means “actions respected in the assembly of devotees.” Mahattamāgraṇyaḥ means “Prahlāda, the chief of the great devotees.”