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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.51
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 51
- sūta uvāca
- rājñā parīkṣitā pṛṣṭo
- yad avocan mahā-muniḥ
- tad vo 'bhidhāsye śṛṇuta
- rājñaḥ praśnānusārataḥ
sūtaḥŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī replied uvācaŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī replied — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī replied; rājñāby the King — by the King; parīkṣitāby Parīkṣit — by Parīkṣit; pṛṣṭaḥas asked — as asked; yatwhat — what; avocatspoke — spoke; mahāthe great sage-muniḥthe great sage — the great sage; tatthat very thing — that very thing; vaḥunto you — unto you; abhidhāsyeI shall explain — I shall explain; śṛṇutaplease hear — please hear; rājñaḥby the King — by the King; praśnaquestion — question; anusārataḥin accordance with — in accordance with.
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī explained: I shall now explain to you the very subjects explained by the great sage in answer to King Parīkṣit's inquiries. Please hear them attentively.
Any question that is put forward may be answered by quoting the authority, and that satisfies the saner section. That is the system even in the law court. The best lawyer gives evidence from the past judgment of the court without taking much trouble to establish his case. This is called the paramparā system, and learned authorities follow it without manufacturing rubbish interpretations.
- īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
- sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ
- anādir ādir govindaḥ
- sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
- (BS 5.1)
Let us all obey the Supreme Lord, whose hand is in everything, without exception.
'Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions."'