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श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्येवमुत्तरामातः स वै ब्रह्मर्षिसुतः सिन्धुपतय आत्मसतत्त्वं विगणयतः परानुभावः परमकारुणिकतयोपदिश्य रहूगणेन सकरुणमभिवन्दितचरण आपूर्णार्णव इव निभृतकरणोर्म्याशयो धरणिमिमां विचचार. ॥ २४ ॥
 
sri-suka uvaca
ity evam uttara-matah sa vai brahmarsi-sutah sindhu-pataya atma-
satattvam viganayatah paranubhavah parama-karunikatayopadisya
rahuganena sakarunam abhivandita-carana apurnarnava iva nibhrta-
karanormy-asayo dharanim imam vicacara.
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti evam-in this way; uttara-matah-O Maharaja Pariksit, son of mother Uttara; sah-that brahmana; vai-indeed; brahma-rsi-sutah-Jada Bharata, the son of a highly educated brahmana; sindhu-pataye-unto the king of the province of Sindhu; atma-sa-tattvam-the actual constitutional position of the soul; viganayatah-although insulting Jada Bharata; para-anubhavah-who was very exalted in spiritual realization; parama-karunikataya-by his quality of being very kind to the fallen souls; upadisya-instructing; rahuganena-by King Rahugana; sa-karunam-piteously; abhivandita-caranah-whose lotus feet were worshiped; apurna-arnavah iva-like the full ocean; nibhrta-completely silenced; karana-of the senses; urmi-the waves; asayah-possessing a heart in which; dharanim-the earth; imam-this; vicacara-continued to roam.