—json {

  "name":"SB 6.16.17",
  "h1":"SB 6.16.17",
  "label":"Text 17",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.16.17",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 6.16.17

Text

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

Synonyms

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.