SB 8.23.1
Devanāgarī
श्रीशुक उवाच इत्युक्तवन्तं पुरुषं पुरातनं महानुभावोऽखिलसाधुसम्मत: । बद्धाञ्जलिर्बाष्पकलाकुलेक्षणो भक्त्युत्कलो गद्गदया गिराब्रवीत् ॥ १ ॥
Text
śrī-śuka uvāca ity uktavantaṁ puruṣaṁ purātanaṁ mahānubhāvo ’khila-sādhu-sammataḥ baddhāñjalir bāṣpa-kalākulekṣaṇo bhakty-utkalo gadgadayā girābravīt
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥuvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;iti—thus;uktavantam—upon the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;puruṣam—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;purātanam—the oldest of everyone;mahā-anubhāvaḥ—Bali Mahārāja, who was a great and exalted soul;akhila-sādhu-sammataḥ—as approved by all saintly persons;baddha-añjaliḥ—with folded hands;bāṣpa-kala-ākula-īkṣaṇaḥ—whose eyes were filled with tears;bhakti-utkalaḥ—full of ecstatic devotion;gadgadayā—which were faltering in devotional ecstasy;girā—by such words;abravīt—said.
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When the supreme, ancient, eternal Personality of Godhead had thus spoken to Bali Mahārāja, who is universally accepted as a pure devotee of the Lord and therefore a great soul, Bali Mahārāja, his eyes filled with tears, his hands folded and his voice faltering in devotional ecstasy, responded as follows.