Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 23: The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.23.1

śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca

sa evam āśaḿsita uddhavena

bhāgavata-mukhyena dāśārha-mukhyaḥ

sabhājayan bhṛtya-vaco mukundas

tam ābabhāṣe śravaṇīya-vīryaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; saḥHe; evam — thus; āśaḿsitaḥ — 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; tamto 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.

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