श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यानुशृण्वतो राजन् प्रह्रादस्य कृताञ्जलेः । हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् उवाच मधुसूदनम् ॥ १८ ॥
sri-suka uvaca
tasyanusrnvato rajan
prahradasya krtanjaleh
hiranyagarbho bhagavan
uvaca madhusudanam
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; tasya-of Prahlada Maharaja; anusrnvatah-so that he could hear; rajan-O King Pariksit; prahradasya-of Prahlada Maharaja; krta-anjaleh-who was standing with folded hands; hiranyagarbhah-Lord Brahma; bhagavan-the most powerful; uvaca-said; madhusudanam-unto Madhusudana, the Personality of Godhead.