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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.1
śrutavāms tad-abhipretam
SYNONYMS
śaunakah — Śrī Śaunaka; uvāca — said; nirgate — having gone; nārade — Nārada Muni; sūta — O Sūta; bhagavān — the transcendentally powerful; bādarāyanah — Vedavyāsa; śrutavān — who heard; tat — his; abhipretam — desire of the mind; tatah — thereafter; kim — what; akarot — did he do; vibhuh — the great.
TRANSLATION
Rishi Śaunaka asked: O Sūta, the great and transcendentally powerful Vyāsadeva heard everything from Śrī Nārada Muni. So after Nārada's departure, what did Vyāsadeva do?
PURPORT
In this chapter the clue for describing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is picked up as Mahārāja Parīkshit is miraculously saved in the womb of his mother. This was caused by Drauni (Aśvatthāmā), Ācārya Drona's son, who killed the five sons of Draupadī while they were asleep, for which he was punished by Arjuna. Before commencing the great epic Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Śrī Vyāsadeva realized the whole truth by trance in devotion.
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