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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.8.8
sāńkhyāyanaḥ pāramahaḿsya-mukhyo
vivakṣamāṇo bhagavad-vibhūtīḥ
jagāda so 'smad-gurave 'nvitāya
parāśarāyātha bṛhaspateś ca
SYNONYMS
sāńkhyāyanaḥ — the great sage Sāńkhyāyana; pāramahaḿsya-mukhyaḥ — the chief of all transcendentalists; vivakṣamāṇaḥ — while reciting; bhagavat-vibhūtīḥ — the glories of the Lord; jagāda — explained; saḥ — he; asmat — of me; gurave — unto the spiritual master; anvitāya — followed; parāśarāya — unto the sage Parāśara; atha bṛhaspateḥ ca — also to Bṛhaspati.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Sāńkhyāyana was the chief amongst the transcendentalists, and when he was describing the glories of the Lord in terms of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it so happened that my spiritual master, Parāśara, and Bṛhaspati both heard him.
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