TEXT

शौनक उवाच
निर्गते नारदे सूत भगवान्बादरायणः ।
श्रुतवांस्तदभिप्रेतं ततः किमकरोद्विभुः ॥ १ ॥

saunaka uvaca

nirgate narade suta

bhagavan badarayanah

srutavams tad-abhipretam

tatah kim akarod vibhuh

saunakah-Sri Saunaka; uvaca-said; nirgate-having gone; narade-Narada Muni; suta-O Suta; bhagavan-the transcendentally powerful; badarayanah-Vedavyasa; srutavan-who heard; tat-his; abhipretam-desire of the mind; tatah-thereafter; kim-what; akarot-did he do; vibhuh-the great.