Verse 1.5.30

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.30:

श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
इति प्रगायन् रसनां मुनिर् निजाम् अशिक्षयन् माधव-कीर्ति-लम्पटाम् ।
अहो प्रवृत्तासि महत्त्व-वर्णने प्रभोर् अपीति स्व-रदैर् विदश्य ताम् ॥ ३० ॥

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
iti pragāyan rasanāṃ munir nijām aśikṣayan mādhava-kīrti-lampaṭām |
aho pravṛttāsi mahattva-varṇane prabhor apīti sva-radair vidaśya tām || 30 ||

Mahārāja Parikṣit spoke to his mother: While glorifying Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa in this way, the topmost sage Śrī Nārada all of a sudden bit his tongue and spoke, “Aho, you are engaging me in narrating the glories of Śrī Kṛṣṇa?” Speaking like this, he chastised his tongue which was greedy to describe the glories of Mādhava.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

While glorifying Śrī Kṛṣṇa in this superlative way, Śrī Nārada chastised his own tongue. Mādhava refers to the moonlike Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa who has arisen from the ocean of the dynasty of Madhu, thus he chastised the tongue that was attached to glorifying Him. What type of chastisement was it? Biting the tongue by his teeth or pressing the tongue between his teeth. Why did he bite Himself? “Alas! (out of wonder and exasperation) Even the four-headed Brahmā and thousand-headed Ananta-śeṣa are unable to expound His glories, and you are glorifying that selfsame Śrī Kṛṣṇa? Why are you engaged in this inappropriate task? It only reveals your audacity!”