Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 13: The Hamsa-avatara Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahma

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.13.16

sri-bhagavan uvaca

putra hiranyagarbhasya

manasah sanakadayah

papracchuh pitaram sukshmam

yogasyaikantikim gatim

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; putrah -- the sons; hiranya-garbhasya -- of Lord Brahma; manasah -- born of the mind; sanaka-adayah -- headed by Sanaka Rishi; papracchuh -- inquired; pitaram -- from their father (Brahma); sukshmam -- subtle and therefore difficult to understand; yogasya -- of the science of yoga; ekantikim -- the supreme; gatim -- destination.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Once, the mental sons of Lord Brahma, namely, the sages headed by Sanaka, inquired from their father about the difficult subject matter of the supreme goal of yoga.

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