SB 11.23.1 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच स एवमाशंसित उद्धवेन भागवतमुख्येन दाशार्हमुख्य: । सभाजयन् भृत्यवचो मुकुन्द- स्तमाबभाषे श्रवणीयवीर्य: ॥ १ ॥

Verse text

śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca sa evam āśaṁsita uddhavena bhāgavata-mukhyena dāśārha-mukhyaḥ sabhājayan bhṛtya-vaco mukundas tam ābabhāṣe śravaṇīya-vīryaḥ

Synonyms

śrī — bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said ; saḥ — He ; evam — thus ; āśaṁsitaḥ — respectfully requested ; uddhavena — by Uddhava ; bhāgavata — of the devotees ; mukhyena — by the greatest ; dāśārha — of the dynasty of Dāśārha (the Yadus) ; mukhyaḥ — the chief ; sabhājayan — praising ; bhṛtya — of His servant ; vacaḥ — the words ; mukundaḥ — Lord Mukunda, Kṛṣṇa ; tam — to him ; ābabhāṣe — began to speak ; śravaṇīya — most worthy of hearing about ; vīryaḥ — whose omnipotency .

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Mukunda, the chief of the Dāśārhas, having thus been respectfully requested by the best of His devotees, Śrī Uddhava, first acknowledged the fitness of his servant’s statements. Then the Lord, whose glorious exploits are most worthy of being heard, began to reply to him.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Mukunda, the chief of the Dāśārhas, having thus been respectfully requested by the best of his devotees, Uddhava, first acknowledged the fitness of his servant’s statements. Then the Lord, whose glorious exploits are most worthy of being heard, began to reply to him. The Twenty-third Chapter, in the form of a song, describes how one’s money is stolen by wicked people, one is scolded, and one’s sorrow is removed by proper discrimination. Āśaṁsitaḥ means requested.