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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.3
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
- sūta uvāca
- evaṁ sañcoditas tena
- kṣattrā kauṣāravir muniḥ
- prītaḥ pratyāha tān praśnān
- hṛdi-sthān atha bhārgava
sūtaḥŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī said uvācaŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī said — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; evamthus — thus; sañcoditaḥbeing enlivened — being enlivened; tenaby him — by him; kṣattrāby Vidura — by Vidura; kauṣāraviḥthe son of Kuṣāra — the son of Kuṣāra; muniḥgreat sage — great sage; prītaḥbeing pleased — being pleased; pratyāhareplied — replied; tānthose — those; praśnānquestions — questions; hṛdifrom the core of his heart-sthānfrom the core of his heart — from the core of his heart; athathus — thus; bhārgavaO son of Bhṛgu — O son of Bhṛgu.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: O son of Bhṛgu, the great sage Maitreya Muni, thus hearing from Vidura, felt very much enlivened. Everything was in his heart, and thus he began to reply to the questions one after another.
The phrase sūta uvāca ("Sūta Gosvāmī said") appears to indicate a break in the discourse between Mahārāja Parīkṣit and Śukadeva Gosvāmī. While Śukadeva Gosvāmī was speaking to Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Sūta Gosvāmī was only one member of a large audience. But Sūta Gosvāmī was speaking to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, headed by the sage Śaunaka, a descendant of Śukadeva Gosvāmī. This, however, does not make any substantial difference in the topics under discussion.