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Text 5
sūta uvāca
sa evam ṛṣi-varyo ’yaṁ
pṛṣṭo rājñā parīkṣitā
pratyāha taṁ subahu-vit
prītātmā śrūyatām iti
sūtaḥ uvāca — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; saḥ — he; evam — thus; ṛṣi-varyaḥ — the great ṛṣi; ayam — Śukadeva Gosvāmī; pṛṣṭaḥ — being questioned; rājñā — by the King; parīkṣitā — Mahārāja Parīkṣit; pratyāha — he replied; tam — unto the King; su-bahu-vit — highly experienced; prīta-ātmā — fully satisfied; śrūyatām — please hear me; iti — thus.
Śrī Suta Gosvāmī said: The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī was highly experienced and was pleased with the King. Thus being questioned by the King, he said to him, “Please hear the topics attentively.”