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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.61.21
SYNONYMS
anagatam -- not yet happened; atitam -- past; ca -- also; vartamanam -- present; atindriyam -- beyond the purview of the senses; viprakrishtam -- distant; vyavahitam -- blocked by obstacles; samyak -- perfectly; pasyanti -- see; yoginah -- mystic yogis.
TRANSLATION
Mystic yogis can perfectly see that which has not yet happened, as well as things in the past or present, beyond the senses, remote or blocked by physical obstacles.
PURPORT
Here King Parikshit encourages Sukadeva Gosvami to explain why Rukmi gave his daughter to Lord Krishna's son Pradyumna. The King stresses that since great yogis like Sukadeva Gosvami know everything, the sage must also know this and should explain it to the anxious King.
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