Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.4

śraddadhānāya bhaktāya

brūhi taj-janma-vistaram

ṛṣe na tṛpyati manaḥ

paraḿ kautūhalaḿ hi me

SYNONYMS

śraddadhānāya — unto a faithful person; bhaktāya — unto a devotee; brūhi — please narrate; tat — His; janma — appearance; vistaram — in detail; ṛṣe — O great sage; na — not; tṛpyati — become satisfied; manaḥ — mind; param — very much; kautūhalam — inquisitive; hi — certainly; me — my.

TRANSLATION

My mind has become very inquisitive, and therefore I am not satisfied with hearing the narration of the Lord's appearance. Please, therefore, speak more and more to a devotee who is faithful.

PURPORT

One who is actually faithful and inquisitive is qualified to hear the transcendental pastimes of the appearance and disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vidura was a suitable candidate to receive such transcendental messages.

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