Choosing Subject Matter That Will Elevate Us-Rohini Nandan Prabhu ISKCON Chowpatty

2016 12 14 SB 10 87 45 46 Choosing Subject Matter That Will Elevate Us-Rohini Nandan Prabhu ISKCON Chowpatty SB 10.87.45 śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ sa ṛṣiṇādiṣṭaṁ  gṛhītvā śraddhayātmavān pūrṇaḥ śruta-dharo rājann  āha vīra-vrato muniḥ Synonyms: śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam — in this manner; saḥ — he (Nārada); ṛṣiṇā — by the sage (Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi); ādiṣṭam — ordered; gṛhītvā — accepting; śraddhayā — faithfully; ātma-vān — self-possessed; pūrṇaḥ — successful in all his purposes; śruta — upon what he had heard; dharaḥ — meditating; rājan — O King (Parīkṣit); āha — said; vīra — like that of a heroic kṣatriya; vrataḥ — whose vow; muniḥ — the sage. Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Śrī Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi ordered him in this way, the self-possessed sage Nārada, whose vow is as heroic as a warrior’s, accepted the command with firm faith. Now successful in all his purposes, he thought about what he had heard, O King, and replied to the Lord as follows.