Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8
Sanskrit:
सम्प्रापितोऽस्यतदर्ह: सुभद्र ।आत्मानमाख्याहि विवित्सतां नोयन्मन्यसे न: क्षममत्र वक्तुम् ॥ ८ ॥
ITRANS:
daśām imāṁ vā katamena karmaṇāsamprāpito ’sy atad-arhaḥ su-bhadraātmānam ākhyāhi vivitsatāṁ noyan manyase naḥ kṣamam atra vaktum
Translation:
“By what past activity were you brought to this condition? It seems you did not deserve such a fate, O good soul. We are eager to know about you, so please inform us about yourself — if, that is, you think this the proper time and place to tell us.”