### SB 3.8.3

> आसीनमुर्व्यां भगवन्तमाद्यं सङ्कर्षणं देवमकुण्ठसत्त्वम् ।\
> विवित्सवस्तत्त्वमतः परस्य कुमारमुख्या मुनयोऽन्वपृच्छन् ॥३॥

> āsīnam urvyāṁ bhagavantam ādyaṁ\
> saṅkarṣaṇaṁ devam akuṇṭha-sattvam\
> vivitsavas tattvam ataḥ parasya\
> kumāra-mukhyā munayo 'nvapṛcchan

*āsīnam*—seated; *urvyām*—down the universe; *bhagavantam*—unto the Lord; *ādyam*—the original; *saṅkarṣaṇam*—Saṅkarṣaṇa; *devam*—Personality of Godhead; *akuṇṭha-sattvam*—undeterred knowledge; *vivitsavaḥ*—being inquisitive to know; *tattvam ataḥ*—truth like this; *parasya*—regarding the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *kumāra*—the boy-saint; *mukhyāḥ*—the chief; *munayaḥ*—great sages; *anvapṛcchan*—inquired like this.

**Some time ago, being inquisitive to know, Sanat-kumāra, the chief of the boy-saints, accompanied by other great sages, inquired exactly like you about the truths regarding Vāsudeva, the Supreme, from Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is seated at the bottom of the universe.**

This is in clarification of the statement that the Lord spoke directly on the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.* When and unto whom the *Bhāgavatam* was spoken is explained herewith. Questions similar to those put forward by Vidura were asked by great sages like Sanat-kumāra, and Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, answered them.