Verse 1.1.38-39

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.1.38-39:

सुखं संवेश्य देवं तं स्व-गृहं गन्तुम् उद्यतम् ।
दूराच् छ्री-नारदो दृष्त्वोत्थितो मुनि-समाजतः ॥ ३८ ॥
अयम् एव महा-विष्णोः प्रेयान् इति मुहुर् ब्रुवन् ।
धावन् गत्वान्तिके तस्य विप्रेन्द्रस्येदम् अब्रवीत् ॥ ३९ ॥

sukhaṃ saṃveśya devaṃ taṃ sva-gṛhaṃ gantum udyatam |
dūrāc chrī-nārado dṛṣtvotthito muni-samājataḥ || 38 ||
ayam eva mahā-viṣṇoḥ preyān iti muhur bruvan |
dhāvan gatvāntike tasya viprendrasyedam abravīt || 39 ||

Then the brāhmaṇa gracefully placed the śālagrāma deity of Bhagavān on the siṃhāsana to rest and began to ready himself to return home. At that time Śrī Nārada saw the brāhmaṇa from a distance and all of a sudden began to rise from the assembly of sages. Over and again he kept repeating, “This mahāśaya alone is indeed dear to Mahāviṣṇu!” Speaking like this, he approached the brāhmaṇa.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Having placed the śālagrāma of Bhagavān on the siṃhāsana to rest, the exalted brāhmaṇa readied to go home. At that moment Nāradajī began speaking repeatedly upon seeing the brāhmaṇa from a distance, “This brāhmaṇa is indeed extremely dear to our Prabhu!”