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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.29
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 29
- yad yat parīkṣid ṛṣabhaḥ
- pāṇḍūnām anupṛcchati
- ānupūrvyeṇa tat sarvam
- ākhyātum upacakrame
yatwhatsoever yatwhatsoever — whatsoever; parīkṣitthe King — the King; ṛṣabhaḥthe best — the best; pāṇḍūnāmin the dynasty of Pāṇḍu — in the dynasty of Pāṇḍu; anupṛcchatigoes on inquiring — goes on inquiring; ānupūrvyeṇathe beginning to the end — the beginning to the end; tatall those — all those; sarvamfully — fully; ākhyātumto describe — to describe; upacakramehe just prepared himself — he just prepared himself.
He also prepared himself to reply to all that King Parīkṣit had inquired from him. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was the best in the dynasty of the Pāṇḍus, and thus he was able to ask the right questions from the right person.
Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked many questions, some of them very curiously, to know things as they are, but it is not necessary for the master to answer them in the order of the disciple's inquiries, one after the other. But Śukadeva Gosvāmī, experienced teacher that he was, answered all the questions in a systematic way as they were received from the chain of disciplic succession. And he answered all of them without exception.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Questions by King Parīkṣit."