Canto 2: The Cosmic ManifestationChapter 3: Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.3.25

athābhidhehy ańga mano-'nukūlam

prabhāshase bhāgavata-pradhānah

yad āha vaiyāsakir ātma-vidyā-

viśārado nripatim sādhu prishtah

SYNONYMS

atha — therefore; abhidhehi — please explain; ańgaO Sūta Gosvāmī; manah — mind; anukūlam — favorable to our mentality; prabhāshase — you do speak; bhāgavata — the great devotee; pradhānah — the chief; yat āha — what he spoke; vaiyāsakihŚukadeva Gosvāmī; ātma-vidyā — transcendental knowledge; viśāradah — expert; nripatim — unto the King; sādhu — very good; prishtah — being asked.

TRANSLATION

O Sūta Gosvāmī, your words are pleasing to our minds. Please therefore explain this to us as it was spoken by the great devotee Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who is very expert in transcendental knowledge, and who spoke to Mahārāja Parīkshit upon being asked.

PURPORT

Knowledge explained by the previous ācārya like Śukadeva Gosvāmī and followed by the next like Sūta Gosvāmī is always powerful transcendental knowledge, and it is therefore penetrating and useful to all submissive students.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart."

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