### SB 1.4.7

> कथं वा पाण्डवेयस्य राजर्षेर्मुनिना सह ।\
> संवादः समभूत्तात यत्रैषा सात्वती श्रुतिः ॥७॥

> kathaṁ vā pāṇḍaveyasya\
> rājarṣer muninā saha\
> saṁvādaḥ samabhūt tāta\
> yatraiṣā sātvatī śrutiḥ

*katham*—how it is; *vā*—also; *pāṇḍaveyasya*—of the descendant of Pāṇḍu (Parīkṣit); *rājarṣeḥ*—of the king who was a sage; *muninā*—with the *muni*; *saha*—with; *saṁvādaḥ*—discussion; *samabhūt*—took place; *tāta*—O darling; *yatra*—whereupon; *eṣā*—like this; *sātvatī*—transcendental; *śrutiḥ*—essence of the *Vedas.*

**How did it so happen that King Parīkṣit met this great sage, making it possible for this great transcendental essence of the Vedas [Bhāgavatam] to be sung to him?**

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is stated here as the essence of the Vedas. It is not an imaginary story as it is sometimes considered by unauthorized men. It is also called Śuka-saṁhitā, or the Vedic hymn spoken by Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the great liberated sage.