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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.25
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- athābhidhehy aṅga mano-'nukūlaṁ
- prabhāṣase bhāgavata-pradhānaḥ
- yad āha vaiyāsakir ātma-vidyā-
- viśārado nṛpatiṁ sādhu pṛṣṭaḥ
athatherefore — therefore; abhidhehiplease explain — please explain; aṅgaO Sūta Gosvāmī — O Sūta Gosvāmī; manaḥmind — mind; anukūlamfavorable to our mentality — favorable to our mentality; prabhāṣaseyou do speak — you do speak; bhāgavatathe great devotee — the great devotee; pradhānaḥthe chief — the chief; yatwhat he spoke āhawhat he spoke — what he spoke; vaiyāsakiḥŚukadeva Gosvāmī — Śukadeva Gosvāmī; ātmatranscendental knowledge-vidyātranscendental knowledge — transcendental knowledge; viśāradaḥexpert — expert; nṛpatimunto the King — unto the King; sādhuvery good — very good; pṛṣṭaḥbeing asked — being asked.
O Sūta Gosvāmī, your words are pleasing to our minds. Please therefore explain this to us as it was spoken by the great devotee Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who is very expert in transcendental knowledge, and who spoke to Mahārāja Parīkṣit upon being asked.
Knowledge explained by the previous ācārya like Śukadeva Gosvāmī and followed by the next like Sūta Gosvāmī is always powerful transcendental knowledge, and it is therefore penetrating and useful to all submissive students.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart."