ity uktavantam purusam puratanam
mahanubhavo 'khila-sadhu-sammatah
baddhanjalir baspa-kalakuleksano
bhakty-utkalo gadgadaya girabravit
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti-thus; uktavantam-upon the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; purusam-unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; puratanam-the oldest of everyone; maha-anubhavah-Bali Maharaja, who was a great and exalted soul; akhila-sadhu-sammatah-as approved by all saintly persons; baddha-anjalih-with folded hands; baspa-kala-akula-iksanah-whose eyes were filled with tears; bhakti-utkalah-full of ecstatic devotion; gadgadaya-which were faltering in devotional ecstasy; gira-by such words; abravit-said.