श्रीसूत उवाच
एवं परीक्षिता राज्ञा सदसि ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ।
पृष्टः प्रोवाच भगवाञ् छुकः परमधर्मवित् ॥ ६ ॥
sri-sutah uvaca-Sri Suta Gosvami said; evam-in this way; pariksita-by Maharaja Pariksit; rajna-by the King; sadasi-in the assembly; brahma-vadinam-of all the great saintly experts in Vedic knowledge; prstah-having been asked; provaca-answered; bhagavan-the most powerful; sukah-Suka Gosvami; parama-dharma-vit-the most learned scholar in religious principles.
Suta Gosvami said: When Sukadeva Gosvami, the greatest knower of religious principles, was thus requested by Maharaja Pariksit in the assembly of all the scholars learned in Vedic knowledge, he then proceeded to speak.