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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.1
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 1
- śaunaka uvāca
- nirgate nārade sūta
- bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ
- śrutavāṁs tad-abhipretaṁ
- tataḥ kim akarod vibhuḥ
śaunakaḥŚrī Śaunaka — Śrī Śaunaka; uvācasaid — said; nirgatehaving gone — having gone; nāradeNārada Muni — Nārada Muni; sūtaO Sūta — O Sūta; bhagavānthe transcendentally powerful — the transcendentally powerful; bādarāyaṇaḥVedavyāsa — Vedavyāsa; śrutavānwho heard — who heard; tathis — his; abhipretamdesire of the mind — desire of the mind; tataḥthereafter — thereafter; kimwhat — what; akarotdid he do — did he do; vibhuḥthe great — the great.
Ṛṣi Śaunaka asked: O Sūta, the great and transcendentally powerful Vyāsadeva heard everything from Śrī Nārada Muni. So after Nārada's departure, what did Vyāsadeva do?
In this chapter the clue for describing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is picked up as Mahārāja Parīkṣit is miraculously saved in the womb of his mother. This was caused by Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā), Ācārya Droṇa's son, who killed the five sons of Draupadī while they were asleep, for which he was punished by Arjuna. Before commencing the great epic Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Śrī Vyāsadeva realized the whole truth by trance in devotion.