SB 6.16.17 • मूल श्लोक

अथ तस्मै प्रपन्नाय भक्ताय प्रयतात्मने । भगवान्नारद: प्रीतो विद्यामेतामुवाच ह ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

atha tasmai prapannāya bhaktāya prayatātmane bhagavān nāradaḥ prīto vidyām etām uvāca ha

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

atha — thereafter; tasmai — unto him; prapannāya — who was surrendered; bhaktāya — being a devotee; prayata-ātmane — who was self-controlled; bhagavān — the most powerful; nāradaḥ — Nārada; prītaḥ — being very pleased; vidyām — transcendental knowledge; etām — this; uvāca — spoke; ha — indeed.

Translation

“Thereafter, being very much pleased with Citraketu, who was a self-controlled devotee and surrendered soul, Nārada, the most powerful sage, spoke to him the following transcendental instructions.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda