uvaca vidvams tan-nistham
atha-then; tan-the class friends; slaksnaya-with very pleasing; vaca-speech; pratyahuya-addressing; maha-budhah-Prahlada Maharaja, who was highly learned and advanced in spiritual consciousness (maha means "great," and budha means "learned"); uvaca-said; vidvan-very learned; tat-nistham-the path of God realization; krpaya-being merciful; prahasan-smiling; iva-like.