Text 3 | Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu
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succession, for the solution of all the problems of human society. Only one who is fortunate can have the opportunity to hear  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  in the association of pure devotees of the Lord. Under the spell of material energy, the living entities are entrapped in the bondage of many difficulties simply for the sake of a little bit of material happiness. They engage in fruitive activities, not knowing the implications. Under the false impression that the body is the self, the living entities foolishly relate to so many false attachments. They think that they can engage with materialistic paraphernalia forever. This gross misconception of life is so strong that a person suffers continually, life after life, under the external energy of the Lord. If one comes in contact with the book  Bhāgavata  as well as with the devotee  Bhāgavata  who knows what the  Bhāgavatam  is, then such a fortunate man gets out of the material entanglement. Therefore Śrī Maitreya Muni, out of compassion for the suffering men in the world, proposes to speak on the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  first and last.
TEXT 3
आसीनमुन्यां भगवन्तमाद्यं  
 सङ्कर्षणं देवमकुण्ठसत्त्वम् ।  
 विवित्सवस्तत्त्वमतः परस्य  
 कुमारमुख्या मुनयोऽन्वपृच्छन् ॥ ३ ॥
āsīnam urvyām bhagavantam ādyam  
 saṅkarṣaṇam 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.
TRANSLATION
Some time ago, being inquisitive to know, Sanatkumāra, 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.