tatah pariksid dvija-varya-siksaya
mahim maha-bhagavatah sasasa ha
yatha hi sutyam abhijata-kovidah
samadisan vipra mahad-gunas tatha
sutah uvaca-Suta Gosvami said; tatah-thereafter; pariksit-Maharaja Pariksit; dvija-varya-the great twice-born brahmanas; siksaya-by their instructions; mahim-the earth; maha-bhagavatah-the great devotee; sasasa-ruled; ha-in the past; yatha-as they told it; hi-certainly; sutyam-at the time of his birth; abhijata-kovidah-expert astrologers at the time of birth; samadisan-gave their opinions; vipra-O brahmanas; mahat-gunah-great qualities; tatha-true to that.