śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; katthanam — boasting; tat — that; upākarṇya — hearing; pauṇḍrakasya — of Pauṇḍraka; alpa — small; medhasaḥ — whose intelligence; ugrasena-ādayaḥ — headed by King Ugrasena; sabhyāḥ — the members of the assembly; uccakaiḥ — loudly; jahasuḥ — laughed; tadā — then.