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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 19]
āśrutya —just after hearing;  tat —that;  ṛṣi-gaṇa —the sages assembled;  vacaḥ —speaking;  parīkṣit —Mahārāja Parīkṣit;  samam —impartial;  madhu-cyut —sweet to hear;  guru —grave;  ca —also;  avyalīkam —perfectly true;  ābhāṣata —said;  enān —all of them;  abhinandya —congratulated;  yuktān —appropriately presented;  śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ —being desirous;  caritāni —activities of;  viṣṇoḥ —the Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
All that was spoken by the great sages was very sweet to hear, full of meaning and appropriately presented as perfectly true. So after hearing them, Mahārāja Parīkṣit, desiring to hear of the activities of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, congratulated the great sages.
TEXT 23
समागताः सर्वत एव सर्वे वेदा यथा मूर्तिधरास्त्रिपृष्ठे । नेहाथनामुत्र च कश्चनार्थं ऋते परानुग्रहमत्सरोलम् ॥२३॥
samāgatāḥ sarvata eva sarve vedā yathā mūrti-dharās tri-pṛṣṭhe nehātha nāmutra ca kaścanārtha ṛte parānugraham ātma-śūlam
samāgatāḥ —assembled;  sarvataḥ —from all directions;  eva —certainly;  sarve —all of you;  vedāḥ —supreme knowledge;  yathā —as;  mūrti-dharāḥ —personified;  tri-pṛṣṭhe —on the planet of Brahmā (which is situated above the three planetary systems, namely the upper, intermediate and lower worlds);  na —not;  iha —in this world;  atha —thereafter;  na —nor;  amutra —in the other world;  ca —also;  kaścana —any other;  arthaḥ —interest;  ṛte —save and except;  para —others;  anugraham —doing good to;  ātma-śūlam —own nature.
TRANSLATION
The King said: O great sages, you have all very kindly assembled here, having come from all parts of the universe. You are all as good as supreme knowledge personified, who resides in the planet above the three