nunam suniteh pati-devatayas
tapah-prabhavasya sutasya tam gatim
drstvabhyupayan api veda-vadino
naivadhigantum prabhavanti kim nrpah
naradah uvaca-Narada said; nunam-certainly; suniteh-of Suniti; pati-devatayah-very much attached to her husband; tapah-prabhavasya-by the influence of austerity; sutasya-of the son; tam-that; gatim-position; drstva-observing; abhyupayan-the means; api-although; veda-vadinah-strict followers of the Vedic principles or the so-called Vedantists; na-never; eva-certainly; adhigantum-to attain; prabhavanti-are eligible; kim-what to speak of; nrpah-ordinary kings.