Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: O brāhmaṇas, when Parīkṣit Mahārāja, who was awaiting impending death, thus requested Śukadeva Gosvāmī to speak, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, encouraged by the King’s words, offered respect to the King and spoke with great pleasure in the assembly of sages, who desired to hear him.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सूत उवाच । परीक्षितैवं स तु बादरायणिः प्रायोपविष्टेन कथासु चोदितः । उवाच विप्राः प्रतिनन्द्य पार्थिवं मुदा मुनीनां सदसि स्म शृण्वताम्
sūta uvāca | parīkṣitaivaṃ sa tu bādarāyaṇiḥ prāyopaviṣṭena kathāsu coditaḥ | uvāca viprāḥ pratinandya pārthivaṃ mudā munīnāṃ sadasi sma śṛṇvatām
SB 8.1.33