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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
| Canto 3, Ch. 8
PURPORT
This is in clarification of the statement that the Lord spoke directly on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. When and unto whom the  Bhāgavatam  was spoken is explained herewith. Questions similar to those put forward by Vidura were asked by great sages like Sanatkumāra, and Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, answered them.
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स्वमेव धिष्यं बहु मानयन्तं यद्वासुदेवाभिधमामनन्ति । प्रत्यग्धृताक्षाम्बुजकोशमीष- दुन्मीलयन्तं विबुधोदयाय ॥ ४ ॥
svam eva dhiṣṇyam bahu mānayantam yad vāsudevābhidham āmananti pratyag-dhṛtākṣāmbuja-kośam īṣad unmūlayantam vibudhodayāya
svam—Himself; eva—thus; dhiṣṇyam—situated; bahu—greatly; mānayantam—esteemed; yat—that which; vāsudeva—Lord Vāsudeva; abhidham—by the name; āmananti—acknowledge; pratyak-dhṛta-akṣa—eyes settled for introspection; ambuja-kośam—lotuslike eye; īṣat—slightly; unmūlayantam—opened; vibudha—greatly learned sages; udayāya—for the sake of advancement.
TRANSLATION
At that time Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa was meditating upon His Supreme Lord, whom the learned esteem as Lord Vāsudeva, but for the sake of the advancement of the great learned sages He slightly opened His lotuslike eyes and began to speak.
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स्वर्धुन्युदाद्रैः स्वजटाकलापै- रुपस्पृशन्तश्चरणोपधानम् । पद्मं यदर्चन्त्यहिराजकन्याः सग्रेमनानाबलिभिर्वरार्थाः ॥ ५ ॥