Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 87: The Prayers of the Personified Vedas

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.87.10

śvetadvīpaḿ gatavati

tvayi draṣṭuḿ tad-īśvaram

brahma-vādaḥ su-saḿvṛttaḥ

śrutayo yatra śerate

tatra hāyam abhūt praśnas

tvaḿ māḿ yam anupṛcchasi

SYNONYMS

śvetadvīpamto Śvetadvīpa; gatavati — having gone; tvayi — you (Nārada); draṣṭumto see; tat — its; īśvaram — Lord (Aniruddha); brahma — into the nature of the Supreme; vādaḥa symposium; su — enthusiastically; saḿvṛttaḥ — ensued; śrutayaḥ — the Vedas; yatrain whom (Lord Aniruddha, also known as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu); śerate — lay down to rest; tatra — about Him; ha — indeed; ayam — this; abhūt — arose; praśnaḥ — question; tvam — you; mām — of Me; yam — which; anupṛcchasi — again are asking.

TRANSLATION

At that time you happened to be visiting the Lord on Śvetadvīpa — that Supreme Lord in whom the Vedas lie down to rest during the period of universal annihilation. A lively discussion arose among the sages on Janaloka as to the nature of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Indeed, the same question arose then that you are asking Me now.

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