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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.3
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
- āsīnam urvyāṁ bhagavantam ādyaṁ
- saṅkarṣaṇaṁ devam akuṇṭha-sattvam
- vivitsavas tattvam ataḥ parasya
- kumāra-mukhyā munayo 'nvapṛcchan
āsīnamseated — seated; urvyāmin the bottom of the universe — in the bottom of the universe; bhagavantamunto the Lord — unto the Lord; ādyamthe original — the original; saṅkarṣaṇamSaṅkarṣaṇa — Saṅkarṣaṇa; devamthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; akuṇṭhaundeterred knowledge-sattvamundeterred knowledge — undeterred knowledge; vivitsavaḥbeing inquisitive to know — being inquisitive to know; tattvamtruth like this ataḥtruth like this — truth like this; parasyaregarding the Supreme Personality of Godhead — regarding the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kumārathe boy-saint — the boy-saint; mukhyāḥheaded by — headed by; munayaḥgreat sages — great sages; anvapṛcchaninquired like this — inquired like this.
Some time ago, being inquisitive to know, Sanat-kumāra, the chief of the boy-saints, accompanied by other great sages, inquired exactly like you about the truths regarding Vāsudeva, the Supreme, from Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is seated at the bottom of the universe.
This is in clarification of the statement that the Lord spoke directly on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. When and unto whom the Bhāgavatam was spoken is explained herewith. Questions similar to those put forward by Vidura were asked by great sages like Sanat-kumāra, and Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, answered them.