# SB 6.16.17 > अथ तस्मै प्रपन्नाय भक्ताय प्रयतात्मने > भगवान्नारदः प्रीतो विद्यामेतामुवाच ह ॥१७॥ ## Text > atha tasmai prapannāya > bhaktāya prayatātmane > bhagavān nāradaḥ prīto > vidyām etām uvāca ha ## Synonyms *atha*—thereafter; *tasmai*—unto him; *prapannāya*—who was surrendered; *bhaktāya*—being a devotee; *prayata-ātmane*—who was self-controlled; *bhagavān*—the most powerful; *nāradaḥ*—Nārada; *prītaḥ*—being very pleased; *vidyām*—transcendental knowledge; *etām*—this; *uvāca*—spoke; *ha*—indeed. ## Translation **Thereafter, being very much pleased with Citraketu, who was a self-controlled devotee and surrendered soul, Nārada, the most powerful sage, spoke to him the following transcendental instructions.**