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There the divine son of Vyasa, Suka,
arrived accidentally, wandering as he
was all over the world, looking forward
to nothing. The royal devotee of God,
Parikshit, approached him, bowed to him
and enquired of him in pleasing words:
 
' पुरुषस्येह यत् कार्य म्रियमाणस्य सर्वथा ।
श्रोतव्यं भजनीयं वा ब्रूहि यद्वा विपर्ययम् ॥'
" What a dying person should, at any
cost, do, listen to or worship, or what
he should not, tell me."
 
एवमाभाषितः पृष्टः स राज्ञा प्रत्यभाषत ॥
Thus addressed and requested by the
king, Suka replied.
 
श्रीशुकः--
' वरीयानेष ते प्रश्नः कृतो लोकहितं नृप ।
Suka--
Most excellent is this enquiry of
yours; for, O King, this is for the
good of the world.
' श्रोतव्यादीनि राजेन्द्र नृणां सन्ति सहस्रशः ।
अपश्यतामात्मतत्त्वं गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम् ॥