CHAPTER TWO
Divinity and Divine Service
TEXT 1
व्यास उवाच
इति सम्प्रभसंहृष्टो विप्राणां रौमहर्षणिः ।
प्रतिपूज्य वचस्तेषां प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे ॥ १ ॥
vyāsa uvāca
iti sampraśna-saṁhṛṣṭo
viprāṇām raumaharṣaṇiḥ
pratipūjya vacas teṣām
pravaktum upacakrame
vyāsaḥ uvāca —Vyāsa said;  iti —thus;  sampraśna —perfect inquires;  saṁhṛṣṭaḥ —perfectly satisfied;  viprāṇām —of the sages there;  raumaharṣaṇiḥ —the son of Romaharṣaṇa, namely Ugraśravā;  pratipūjya —after thanking them;  vacaḥ —words;  teṣām —their;  pravaktum —to reply to them;  upacakrame —attempted.
TRANSLATION
Ugraśravā [Sūta Gosvāmī] , the son of Romaharṣaṇa, being pleased with the questions of the brāhmaṇas, thanked them and attempted to reply.
PURPORT
The sages of Naimiṣāraṇya asked Sūta Gosvāmī six questions, and so he is answering them one by one.
TEXT 2
सूत उवाच
यं
प्रवजन्तमनुपेतमपेतकृत्यं
द्वैपायनो
विरहकातर आजुहाव ।
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