susrusatam avyalikam

 asmakam nara-pungava

sva-janma karma gotram va

 kathyatam yadi rocate

 

Translation: 

 

O best among men, if You like, please truly describe Your birth, activities and lineage to us, who are eager to hear.

 

Purport: 

 

When the Supreme Lord descends to this world, He certainly becomes nara-pungava, the most eminent member of human society. Of course, the Lord is not actually a human being, and Mucukunda’s questions will lead to a clarification of this point. Thus the term susrusatam, “to us, who are sincerely eager to hear,” indicates that Mucukunda is inquiring in a noble way for his own and others’ benefit.