Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 61: Lord Balarama Slays Rukmi

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.61.21

anagatam atitam ca

vartamanam atindriyam

viprakrishtam vyavahitam

samyak pasyanti yoginah

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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