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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.7.1
srutavams tad-abhipretam
SYNONYMS
saunakah -- Sri Saunaka; uvaca -- said; nirgate -- having gone; narade -- Narada Muni; suta -- O Suta; bhagavan -- the transcendentally powerful; badarayanah -- Vedavyasa; srutavan -- who heard; tat -- his; abhipretam -- desire of the mind; tatah -- thereafter; kim -- what; akarot -- did he do; vibhuh -- the great.
TRANSLATION
Rsi Saunaka asked: O Suta, the great and transcendentally powerful Vyasadeva heard everything from Sri Narada Muni. So after Narada's departure, what did Vyasadeva do?
PURPORT
In this chapter the clue for describing Srimad-Bhagavatam is picked up as Maharaja Pariksit is miraculously saved in the womb of his mother. This was caused by Drauni (Asvatthama), Acarya Drona's son, who killed the five sons of Draupadi while they were asleep, for which he was punished by Arjuna. Before commencing the great epic Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sri Vyasadeva realized the whole truth by trance in devotion.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness