SB 1.4.7

TEXT 7

TEXT

कथं वा पाण्डवेयस्य राजर्षेर्मुनिना सह ।
संवादः समभूत्तात यत्रैषा सात्वती श्रुतिः ॥ ७ ॥

katham va pandaveyasya

rajarser munina saha

samvadah samabhut tata

yatraisa satvati srutih

katham-how it is; va-also; pandaveyasya-of the descendant of Pandu (Pariksit); rajarseh-of the king who was a sage; munina-with the muni; saha-with; samvadah-discussion; samabhut-took place; tata-O darling; yatra-whereupon; esa-like this; satvati-transcendental; srutih-essence of the Vedas.

TRANSLATION

How did it so happen that King Pariksit met this great sage, making it possible for this great transcendental essence of the Vedas [Bhagavatam] to be sung to him?

PURPORT

Srimad-Bhagavatam is stated here as the essence of the Vedas. It is not an imaginary story as it is sometimes considered by unauthorized men. It is also called Suka-samhita, or the Vedic hymn spoken by Sri Sukadeva Gosvami, the great liberated sage.

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