SB 1.19.22

आश्रुत्य तदृषिगणवचः परीक्षित्समं मधुच्युद्गुरु चाव्यलीकम् ।
आभाषतैनानभिनन्द्य युक्तान्शुश्रूषमाणश्चरितानि विष्णोः ॥ २२ ॥
āśrutya tad ṛṣi-gaṇa-vacaḥ parīkṣit
samaṁ madhu-cyud guru cāvyalīkam
ābhāṣatainān abhinandya yuktān
śuśrūṣamāṇaś caritāni viṣṇoḥ

Synonyms

āśrutya — hearing [ākarṇya164]; tat — those; vacaḥ — words; ṛṣi-gaṇa — [of] the sages [teṣāṁ munīnām165]; samam — [which were] impartial [devoid of personal bias (pakṣa-pāta-śūnyam)]; madhu-cyut — mellifluous [like a shower of nectar (amṛta-śrāvi); or captivating to the mind (manohara-śabdam)166]; guru — profound [of unfathomable import (gambhīrārtham)]; ca — and; avyalīkam — truthful [satyam]; parīkṣit — Parīkṣit; śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ — who was eager to hear [śrotu-kāmaḥ167]; caritāni — the narrations; viṣṇoḥ — of Viṣṇu, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; abhinandya — bowed down; enān — to those [sages (ṛṣīn)168]; yuktān — of integrally focused awareness [(samāhitān);169 or whose demeanor was naturally prone to promote the self’s ultimate good (ātma-hitācaraṇodyuktān)170]; ābhāṣata — [and] spoke to them [as follows].

Translation

Hearing those words of the sages, which were impartial, mellifluous, profound, and truthful, Parīkṣit, who was eager to hear the narrations of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, bowed down to those sages, of integrally focused awareness, and spoke to them as follows.

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