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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.21
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- sūta uvāca
- evaṁ dharme pravadati
- sa samrāḍ dvija-sattamāḥ
- samāhitena manasā
- vikhedaḥ paryacaṣṭa tam
sūtaḥSūta Gosvāmī said uvācaSūta Gosvāmī said — Sūta Gosvāmī said; evamso — so; dharmethe personality of religion — the personality of religion; pravadatithus having spoken — thus having spoken; saḥhe — he; samrāṭthe Emperor — the Emperor; dvijaO best among the brāhmaṇas-sattamāḥO best among the brāhmaṇas — O best among the brāhmaṇas; samāhitenawith proper attention — with proper attention; manasāby the mind — by the mind; vikhedaḥwithout any mistake — without any mistake; paryacaṣṭacounterreplied — counterreplied; tamunto him — unto him.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: O best among the brāhmaṇas, the Emperor Parīkṣit, thus hearing the personality of religion speak, was fully satisfied, and without mistake or regret he gave his reply.
The statement of the bull, the personality of religion, was full of philosophy and knowledge, and the King was satisfied, since he could understand that the suffering bull was not an ordinary one. Unless one is perfectly conversant with the law of the Supreme Lord, one cannot speak such things touching philosophical truths. The Emperor, being also on an equal level of sagacity, replied to the point, without doubts or mistakes.