SB 3.8.3
TEXT 3
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TEXT
आसीनमुर्व्यां भगवन्तमाद्यं सङ्कर्षणं देवमकुण्ठसत्त्वम् ।
विवित्सवस्तत्त्वमतः परस्य कुमारमुख्या मुनयो ऽन्वपृच्छन् ॥ ३ ॥ asinam urvyam bhagavantam adyam
saṅkarsanam devam akuntha-sattvam
vivitsavas tattvam atah parasya
kumara-mukhya munayo 'nvaprcchan
asinam-seated; urvyam-down the universe; bhagavantam-unto the Lord; adyam-the original; saṅkarsanam-Saṅkarsana; devam-Personality of Godhead; akuntha-sattvam-undeterred knowledge; vivitsavah-being inquisitive to know; tattvam atah-truth like this; parasya-regarding the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kumara-the boy saint; mukhyah-the chief; munayah-great sages; anvaprcchan-inquired like this.
TRANSLATION
Some time ago, being inquisitive to know, Sanatkumara, the chief of the boy saints, accompanied by other great sages, inquired exactly like you about the truths regarding Vasudeva, the Supreme, from Lord Saṅkarsana, who is seated at the bottom of the universe.
PURPORT
This is in clarification of the statement that the Lord spoke directly on the Srimad-Bhagavatam. When and unto whom the Bhagavatam was spoken is explained herewith. Questions similar to those put forward by Vidura were asked by great sages like Sanatkumara, and Lord Saṅkarsana, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Lord Vasudeva, answered them.
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