Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 7: The Purāṇic Literatures

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.7.6

adhīyanta vyāsa-śiṣyāt

saḿhitāḿ mat-pitur mukhāt

ekaikām aham eteṣāḿ

śiṣyaḥ sarvāḥ samadhyagām

SYNONYMS

adhīyanta — they have learned; vyāsa-śiṣyāt — from the disciple of Vyāsadeva (Romaharṣaṇa); saḿhitām — the collection of the Purāṇas; mat-pituḥ — of my father; mukhāt — from the mouth; eka-ekām — each learning one portion; ahamI; eteṣām — of these; śiṣyaḥ — the disciple; sarvāḥ — all the collections; samadhyagāmI have thoroughly learned.

TRANSLATION

Each of them studied one of the six anthologies of the Purāṇas from my father, Romahārṣaṇa, who was a disciple of Śrīla Vyāsadeva. I became the disciple of these six authorities and thoroughly learned all their presentations of Puranic wisdom.

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