Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.86.51

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

brahmaḿs te 'nugrahārthāya

samprāptān viddhy amūn munīn

sañcaranti mayā lokān

punantaḥ pāda-reṇubhiḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said; brahman — O brāhmaṇa; te — your; anugraha — of bestowing benedictions; arthāya — for the purpose; samprāptān — come; viddhi — you should know; amūn — these; munīn — sages; sañcaranti — they wander; mayā — together with Me; lokān — all the worlds; punantaḥ — purifying; pāda — of their feet; reṇubhiḥ — with the dust.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord said: My dear brāhmaṇa, you should know that these great sages have come here just to bless you. They travel throughout the worlds with Me, purifying them with the dust of their feet.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that Lord Kṛṣṇa thought Śrutadeva had shown too much reverence to Him and not enough to the sages, and thus He turned the brāhmaṇa's attention to them.

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