• kalāpa-grāma — in the village Kalāpa (nearby Badarikāśrama)
  Compound: Kalāpa + grāma. The hidden village near Badarī where, tradition holds, Maru and Devāpi await the next yuga. Gauḍīyas read these geographies as real, not symbolic: the holy land is mapped.
• praṇataḥ — bowing down
  Past participle of pra + √nam. The disciple's first act before any enquiry — daṇḍavat-praṇāma. Even Nārada bows first. Gauḍīyas insist no jñāna comes without praṇāma (BG 4.34: tad viddhi praṇipātena).
• apṛcchat — he asked
  Imperfect of pra + √prach. The verb of legitimate enquiry — not curiosity but submissive question, the second limb of BG 4.34 after praṇipāta. The chapter's whole frame is one paripraśna across yugas.
• kuru-udvaha — O most eminent of the Kurus
  Compound: Kuru + udvaha (raiser, sustainer). Śukadeva addresses Parīkṣit. Even at this most abstract chapter, Bhāgavatam keeps reminding us we are inside a dialogue between a dying king and his guru — never disembodied philosophy.

• What protocols of approach have I dropped that would deepen my access to wisdom?
• Where do I burst in with questions before settling into the right posture?

Like a student arriving at the master's hut and finding him already in the middle of teaching, Nārada finds Nārāyaṇa surrounded by sages and quietly asks the same question that will, eras later, fall from Parīkṣit's lips. The question travels through time; only the questioners change.