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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.12.40

మహిమానం విలోక్యాస్య నారదో భగవానృషి: । ఆతోద్యం వితుదఞ్శ్లోకాన్ సత్రేఽగాయత్ప్రచేతసామ్ ॥ ౪౦ ॥
mahimānaṁ vilokyāsya
[mahimaanam vilokyaasya]
nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
[naarado bhagavaan rishih]
ātodyaṁ vitudaṣ ślokān
[aatodyam vitudash shlokaan]
satre ’gāyat pracetasām
[satre ’gaayat prachetasaam]
mahimānam — glories vilokya — observing asya — of Dhruva Mahārāja nāradaḥ — the great sage Nārada bhagavān — equally as exalted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead ṛṣiḥ — the saint ātodyam — the stringed instrument, vīṇā vitudan — playing on ślokān — verses satre — in the sacrificial arena agāyat — chanted pracetasām — of the Pracetās.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mahimānaṁ vilokyāsya
mahimānam
glories
vilokya
observing
asya
of Dhruva Mahārāja
nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
nāradaḥ
the great sage Nārada
bhagavān
equally as exalted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead
ṛṣiḥ
the saint
ātodyaṁ vitudaṣ ślokān
ātodyam
the stringed instrument, vīṇā
vitudan
playing on
ślokān
verses
satre ’gāyat pracetasām
satre
in the sacrificial arena
agāyat
chanted
pracetasām
of the Pracetās.
After observing the glories of Dhruva Mahārāja, the great sage Nārada, playing his vīṇā, went to the sacrificial arena of the Pracetās and very happily chanted the following three verses.

The great sage Nārada was the spiritual master of Dhruva Mahārāja. Certainly he was very glad to see Dhruva’s glories. As a father is very happy to see the son’s advancement in every respect, so the spiritual master is very happy to observe the ascendancy of his disciple.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing the glories of Dhruva, Nārada, playing on his vīṇā, sang verses in the sacrificial arena of the Pracetas. Nārada played (vinudan) his vīṇā (āotdyam).
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