Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.17.8

śrī-śuka uvāca

ittham sva-bhritya-mukhyena

prishtah sa bhagavān harih

prītah kshemāya martyānām

dharmān āha sanātanān

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukah uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ittham — thus; sva-bhritya-mukhyena — by the best of His devotees; prishtah — questioned; sah — He; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; harih — Śrī Krishna; prītah — being pleased; kshemāya — for the highest welfare; martyānām — of all conditioned souls; dharmān — religious principles; āha — spoke; sanātanān — eternal.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Śrī Uddhava, the best of devotees, thus inquired from the Lord. Hearing his question, the Personality of Godhead, śrī Krishna, was pleased and for the welfare of all conditioned souls spoke those religious principles that are eternal.

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