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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
|Canto 3, Ch. 8
sāṅkhyāyanaḥ pāramahaṁsya-mukhyo vivakṣamāṇo bhagavad-vibhūtīḥ jagāda so 'smad-gurave 'nvitāya parāśarāyātha bṛhaspateś ca
sāṅkhyāyanaḥ—the great sage Sāṅkhyāyana; pāramahaṁsya-mukhyaḥ—the chief of all transcendentalists; vivakṣamāṇaḥ—while reciting; bhagavat-vibhūtīḥ—the glories of the Lord; jagāda—it came to; saḥ—he; asmat—mine; gurave—unto my spiritual master; anvitāya—followed; parāśarāya—unto the sage Parāśara; atha bṛhaspateḥ ca—also to Bṛhaspati.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Sāṅkhyāyana was the chief amongst the transcendentalists, and when he was describing the glories of the Lord in terms of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it so happened that my spiritual master, Parāśara, and Bṛhaspati both heard him.
TEXT 9
प्रोवाच मह्यं स दयालुरुक्तो मुनिः पुलस्त्येन पुराणमाधम् । सोऽहं तवैतत्कथयामि वत्स श्रद्धालवे नित्यमनुव्रताय ॥ ९ ॥
provāca mahyaṁ sa dayālur ukto muniḥ pulastyena purāṇam ādyam so 'haṁ tavaitat kathayāmi vatsa śraddhā-lave nityam anuvratāya
provāca—said; mahyam—unto me; saḥ—he; dayāluḥ—kindhearted; uktaḥ—aforementioned; muniḥ—sage; pulastyena—by the sage Pulastya; purāṇam ādyam—the foremost of all the Purāṇas; saḥ aham—that also I; tava—unto you; etat—this; kathayāmi—shall speak; vatsa—my dear son; śraddhā-lave—unto one who is faithful; nityam—always; anuvratāya—unto one who is a follower.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Parāśara, as aforementioned, being so advised by the great sage Pulastya, spoke unto me the foremost of the Purāṇas [Bhāgavatam]. I shall also describe this before you, my dear son, in terms of my hearing, because you are always my faithful follower.