Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.8.1

sri-saunaka uvaca

suta jiva ciram sadho

vada no vadatam vara

tamasy apare bhramatam

nrnam tvam para-darsanah

SYNONYMS

sri-saunakah uvaca -- Sri Saunaka said; suta -- O Suta Gosvami; jiva -- may you live; ciram -- for a long time; sadho -- O saint; vada -- please speak; nah -- to us; vadatam -- of speakers; vara -- O you who are the best; tamasi -- in darkness; apare -- unbounded; bhramatam -- who are wandering; nrnam -- for men; tvam -- you; para-darsanah -- the seer of the opposite shore.

TRANSLATION

Sri Saunaka said: O Suta, may you live a long life! O saintly one, best of speakers, please continue speaking to us. Indeed, only you can show men the path out of the ignorance in which they are wandering.

PURPORT

According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, the sages saw that Suta Gosvami was about to end his narration of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and thus they urged him to first tell the story of Markandeya Rsi.

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