### SB 1.19.40

> सूत उवाच\
> एवमाभाषितः पृष्टः स राज्ञा श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ।\
> प्रत्यभाषत धर्मज्ञो भगवान्बादरायणिः ॥४०॥

> sūta uvāca\
> evam ābhāṣitaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ\
> sa rājñā ślakṣṇayā girā\
> pratyabhāṣata dharma-jño\
> bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ

*sūtaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; *evam*—thus; *ābhāṣitaḥ*—being spoken; *pṛṣṭaḥ*—and asked for; *saḥ*—he; *rājñā*—by the King; *ślakṣṇayā*—by sweet; *girā*—language; *pratyabhāṣata*—began to reply; *dharma-jñaḥ*—one who knows the principles of religion; *bhagavān*—the powerful personality; *bādarāyaṇiḥ*—son of Vyāsadeva.

**Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: The King thus spoke and questioned the sage, using sweet language. Then the great and powerful personality, the son of Vyāsadeva, who knew the principles of religion, began his reply.**

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the First Canto, Nineteenth Chapter of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, “Appearance of Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī.”

**END OF THE FIRST CANTO**