श्री शुक उवाच वरीयानेष ते प्रश्नः कृतो लोकहितम्नृप । आत्मवित्सम्मतः पुंसां श्रोतव्यादिषु यः परः ॥ १ ॥
sri suka uvaca
variyan esa te prasnah
krto loka-hitam nrpa
atmavit-sammatah pumsam
srotavyadisu yah parah
sri suka uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; variyan-glorious; esa-all these; te-your; prasnah-questions; krtah-made by you; loka-hitam-beneficial for all men; nrpa-the king; atmavit-transcendentalist; sammatah-approved; pumsam-of all men; srotavyadisu-in the matter of all kinds of hearing; yah-what is; parah-the supreme.