Verse 1.2.1

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.1:

श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
प्रशस्य तं महा-राजं स्वर्-गतो मुनिर् ऐक्षत ।
राजमानं सभा-मध्ये विष्णुं देव-गणैर् वृतम् ॥ १ ॥

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
praśasya taṃ mahā-rājaṃ svar-gato munir aikṣata |
rājamānaṃ sabhā-madhye viṣṇuṃ deva-gaṇair vṛtam || 1 ||

Śrī Parīkṣit said: O Mother, the sage among demigods, Devarṣi Śrī Nārada, after praising the exalted king, approached the celestial plane of Svarga. There he saw Śrī Viṣṇu in the assembly hall encircled by a host of demigods.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

आद्यो’ध्याये’त्र कृष्णस्य परम-प्रेष्ठ निर्णये
मर्त्त्यो’त्कर्षापकर्षै हि नीचोच्चापेक्षयोदितै
आहाध्याये द्वितीये तु तथैवेन्द्र स्वयम्भुवोः
उत्कर्षम् अपकर्षं च निकृष्टोत्कृष्ट वीक्षया
स्वः स्वर्गं गतः सन्, मुनिः श्री-नारदः
सभा-मध्ये विष्णुम् ऐक्षत

ādyo’dhyāye’tra kṛṣṇasya parama-preṣṭha nirṇaye
marttyo’tkarṣāpakarṣai hi nīcoccāpekṣayoditai
āhādhyāye dvitīye tu tathaivendra svayambhuvoḥ
utkarṣam apakarṣaṃ ca nikṛṣṭotkṛṣṭa vīkṣayā
svaḥ svargaṃ gataḥ san, muniḥ śrī-nāradaḥ
sabhā-madhye viṣṇum aikṣata

In the first chapter was described the search to ascertain Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s dearmost recipient, while considering the subject matter of higher and lower gradations of devotees and their excellence and limitations on the earthly plane. In this second chapter, the subject matter of the superiority and inferiority of Devarāja Indra and Brahmā, and their excellence and limitations, will be ascertained.

Śrī Nārada Muni arrived in the celestial plane and entered into the midst of the assembly of demigods for darśana of Śrī Viṣṇu.