भागवता ऊचुः
श्वेतराजस्य चरितं वद वैष्णवपुङ्गव ।
यस्य भक्त्या प्रसन्नात्मा श्रीकूर्मो दर्शनं ददौ ॥
O best of Vaishnavas, tell the story of King Śveta, by whose devotion the pleased Śrī Kūrma gave his divine vision.
bhāgavatā ūcuḥ
śvetarājasya caritaṃ vada vaiṣṇavapuṅgava
yasya bhaktyā prasannātmā śrīkūrmo darśanaṃ dadau
श्वेतराजस्य · śvetarājasya — of King Śveta
चरितं · caritaṃ — the story/life
वद · vada — tell/recount
वैष्णवपुङ्गव · vaiṣṇavapuṅgava — O best of Vaishnavas
यस्य · yasya — whose
भक्त्या · bhaktyā — by devotion
प्रसन्नात्मा · prasannātmā — the pleased soul
श्रीकूर्मः · śrīkūrmaḥ — Lord Śrī Kūrma
दर्शनं · darśanaṃ — divine vision
ददौ · dadau — gave
वैष्णवपुङ्गव, यस्य भक्त्या प्रसन्नात्मा श्रीकूर्मः दर्शनं ददौ, तस्य श्वेतराजस्य चरितं वद।
of King Śveta · the story/life · tell/recount · O best of Vaishnavas · whose · by devotion · the pleased soul · Lord Śrī Kūrma · divine vision · gave
This verse serves as the introductory invocation where the devotees request the story of King Śveta, establishing the theme of the chapter: the transformative power of devotion to Śrī Kūrma.