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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 19]
sanctify the pilgrimages. Common men go to pilgrimage sites to get themselves purified of all sins. Thus the place of pilgrimage becomes overburdened with the sins of others. But when such sages visit overburdened places of pilgrimage, they sanctify the place by their presence. Therefore the sages who came to meet Mahārāja Parīkṣit were not very much interested in getting themselves purified like other common men, but on the plea of taking a bath in that place they came to meet Mahārāja Parīkṣit because they could foresee that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam would be spoken by Śukadeva Gosvāmī. All of them wanted to take advantage of the great occasion.
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अत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्ल्यवनः शरद्वा- नरिष्टनेमिर्भृगुरद्भिराश्व । पराशरो गाधिसुतोऽथ राम । उतथ्य इन्द्रप्रमदेभ्मवाहौ ॥ ९ ॥ मेधातिथिर्देवल आष्टिपेणो भारद्वाजो गौतमः पिप्पलादः । मैत्रेय और्वः कवषः कुम्भयोनि- द्वैपायनो भगवान्नारदश्च ॥ १० ॥
atrir vasiṣṭhaś cyavanaḥ śaradvān ariṣṭanemir bhṛgur aṅgirāś ca parāśaro gādhi-suto 'tha rāma utathya indrapramadedhmavāhau
medhātithir devala ārṣṭiṣeṇo bhāradvājo gautamaḥ pippalādaḥ maitreya aurvaḥ kavaṣaḥ kumbhayonir dvaipāyano bhagavān nāradaś ca
atri to nārada—all names of the different saintly personalities who arrived there from different parts of the universe.
TRANSLATION
From different parts of the universe there arrived great sages like Atri, Cyavana, Śaradvān, Ariṣṭanemi, Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Parāśara, Viśvāmitra,