CHAPTER TWO
Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
इति मागवतः पृष्ठः क्षत्रा वार्ता प्रियाश्रयाप् । प्रतिवक्तुं न चोत्सेह ओत्कण्ठ्यात्सारितेश्वरः ॥ १ ॥
śrī śuka uvāca iti bhāgavataḥ pṛṣṭaḥ kṣattrā vārtām priyāśrayām prativaktum na cotseha autkaṇṭhyāt smāriteśvaraḥ
śrī śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva said; iti—thus; bhāgavataḥ—the great devotee; pṛṣṭaḥ—being asked; kṣattrā—by Vidura; vārtām—message; priyāśrayām—regarding the dearest; prativaktum—to reply; na—not; ca—also; utsehe—became eager; autkaṇṭhyāt—by excessive anxiety; smārita—remembrance; īśvaraḥ—the Lord.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When the great devotee Uddhava was asked by Vidura to speak on the messages of the dearest [Lord Kṛṣṇa], Uddhava was unable to answer immediately due to excessive anxiety at the remembrance of the Lord.
TEXT 2
यः पञ्चदायनो मात्रा प्रातराशाय याचितः । तस्मैच्छद्रचयन् यस्य सपर्या बाललीलया ॥ २ ॥
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