Madhya 25.157

TEXT 157

TEXT

পরিনিষ্ঠিতোঽপি নৈর্গুণ্যে উত্তমঃশ্লোকলীলয়া ।
গৃহীতচেতা রাজর্ষে আখ্যানং যদধীতবান্‌ ॥ ১৫৭ ॥

parinisthito 'pi nairgunye

uttamahsloka-lilaya

grhita-ceta rajarse

akhyanam yad adhitavan

SYNONYMS

parinisthitah-situated; api-although; nairgunye-in the transcendental position, freed from the material modes of nature; uttamah-sloka-lilaya-by the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Uttamahsloka; grhita-ceta-the mind became fully taken over; rajarse-O great King; akhyanam-the narration; yat-which; adhitavan-studied.

TRANSLATION

" 'Sukadeva Gosvami addressed Pariksit Maharaja, "My dear King, although I was fully situated in the transcendental position, I was nonetheless attracted to the pastimes of Lord Krsna. Therefore I studied Srimad-Bhagavatam from my father.' "

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.1.9).