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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 9]
Kauśika.  One of the permanent  ṛṣi  members in the royal assembly of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. He sometimes met Lord Kṛṣṇa. There are several other sages of the same name.
Śudarśana.  This wheel which is accepted by the Personality of Godhead (Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa) as His personal weapon is the most powerful weapon, greater than the  brahmāstras  or similar other disastrous weapons. In some of the Vedic literatures it is said that Agnideva, the fire-god, presented this weapon to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, but factually this weapon is eternally carried by the Lord. Agnideva presented this weapon to Kṛṣṇa in the same way that Rukmiṇī was given by Mahārāja Rukma to the Lord. The Lord accepts such presentations from His devotees, even though such presentations are eternally His property. There is an elaborate description of this weapon in the  Ādi-parva  of the  Mahābhārata . Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa used this weapon to kill Śiśupāla, a rival of the Lord. He also killed Śālva by this weapon, and sometimes He wanted His friend Arjuna to use it to kill his enemies. ( Mahā. Virāta.  56.3)
TEXT 8
अन्ये च मुनयो ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मरातादयोऽमलाः । शिष्यैरुपेता आजग्मुः कश्यपाङ्गिरसादयः ॥ ८ ॥
anye ca munayo brahman brahmarātādayo 'malāḥ śiṣyair upetā ājagmuḥ kaśyapāṅgirasādayaḥ
anye —many others;  ca —also;  munayaḥ —sages;  brahman —O  brāhmaṇas ;  brahma-rāta —Śukadeva Gosvāmī;  ādayaḥ —and such others;  amalāḥ —completely purified;  śiṣyaiḥ —by the disciples;  upetāḥ —accompanied by;  ājagmuḥ —arrived;  kaśyapa —Kaśyapa;  aṅgirasa —Aṅgirasa;  ādayaḥ —and others.
TRANSLATION
And many others like Śukadeva Gosvāmī and other purified souls, Kaśyapa and Aṅgirā and others, all accompanied by their respective disciples, arrived there.
PURPORT
Śukadeva Gosvāmī (Brahmarāta).  The famous son and disciple of Śrī Vyāsadeva, who taught him first the  Mahābhārata  and then  Śrīmad-