Devanagari
सूत उवाच
राज्ञा परीक्षिता पृष्टो यदवोचन्महामुनि: ।
तद्वोऽभिधास्ये शृणुत राज्ञ: प्रश्नानुसारत: ॥ ५१ ॥
यच्च व्रजन्त्यनिमिषामृषभानुवृत्त्या
दूरेयमा ह्युपरि न: स्पृहणीयशीला: ।
भर्तुर्मिथ: सुयशस: कथनानुराग-
वैक्लव्यबाष्पकलया पुलकीकृताङ्गा: ॥
Verse text
sūta uvāca
rājṣā parīkṣitā pṛṣṭo
yad avocan mahā-muniḥ
tad vo ’bhidhāsye śṛṇuta
rājṣaḥ praśnānusārataḥ
Synonyms
sūtaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī replied
;
rājṣā
—
by the King
;
parīkṣitā
—
by Parīkṣit
;
pṛṣṭaḥ
—
as asked
;
yat
—
what
;
avocat
—
spoke
;
mahā
—
muniḥ — the great sage
;
tat
—
that very thing
;
vaḥ
—
unto you
;
abhidhāsye
—
I shall explain
;
śṛṇuta
—
please hear
;
rājṣaḥ
—
by the King
;
praśna
—
question
;
anusārataḥ
—
in accordance with .
Translation
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī explained: I shall now explain to you the very subjects explained by the great sage in answer to King Parīkṣit’s inquiries. Please hear them attentively.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Sūta said: I will explain to you what the great sage Śukadeva spoke in response to Parīkṣit when asked by Parīkṣit. Please listen.
Purport
Any question that is put forward may be answered by quoting the authority, and that satisfies the saner section. That is the system even in the law court. The best lawyer gives evidence from the past judgment of the court without taking much trouble to establish his case. This is called the
paramparā
system, and learned authorities follow it without manufacturing rubbish interpretations.
īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ
anādir ādir govindaḥ
sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
(
Brahma-saṁhitā.
5.1)
Let us all obey the Supreme Lord, whose hand is in everything, without exception.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions.”
END OF THE SECOND CANTO
Commentary (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The meaning is this. What you have asked, the King also asked Śukadeva. Śukadeva spoke in answer to the question of Parīkṣit previously about the conversation between Vidura and Maitreya. I will relate that to you.
Thus the commentary on the tenth chapter of the Second Canto of Bhāgavatam has been completed to give pleasure to the hearts of the devotees in accordance with the views of the ācāryas. Because the Lord performed action in response to the thirst of Brahmā, satisfying him, he showered the universe with sweet mercy.
Chapter One
Questions by Vidura