तस्यैवं वर्तमानस्य पूर्वेषां वृत्तिमन्वहम् ।
नातिदूरे किलाश्चर्यं यदासीत्तन्निबोध मे ॥ १७ ॥
tasya-of Maharaja Pariksit; evam-thus; vartamanasya-remaining absorbed in such thought; purvesam-of his forefathers; vrttim-good engagement; anvaham-day after day; na-not; atidure-far off; kila-verily; ascaryam-astonishing; yat-that; asit-was; tat-which; nibodha-know it; me-from me.
Now you may have heard from me of what happened while
Maharaja Pariksit was passing his days hearing of the good occupations of his forefathers and being absorbed in thought of them.