Text 7]
King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman
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TEXT 6
श्रीसूत उवाच
एवं परीक्षिता राज्ञा सदसि ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ।
पृष्ठः प्रोवाच भगवाञ्छुकः परमधर्मवित् ॥ ६ ॥
śrī-sūta uvāca
evam parīkṣitā rājñā
sadasi brahma-vādinām
prṣṭaḥ provāca bhagavāñ
chukaḥ parama-dharma-vit
śrī-sūtaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; evam—in this way; parīkṣitā—by Mahārāja Parikṣit; rājñā—by the King; sadasi—in the assembly; brahma-vādinām—of all the great saintly experts in Vedic knowledge; prṣṭaḥ—having been asked; provāca—answered; bhagavāñ—the most powerful; śukaḥ—Śuka Gosvāmī; parama-dharma-vit—the most learned scholar in religious principles.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: When Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the greatest knower of religious principles, was thus requested by Mahārāja Parikṣit in the assembly of all the scholars learned in Vedic knowledge, he then proceeded to speak.
TEXT 7
श्रीशुक उवाच
श्रूयतां मानवो वंशः प्राचुर्येण परंतप ।
न शक्यते विस्तरतो वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि ॥ ७ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrūyatām mānavo vaṁśaḥ
prācuryeṇa parantapa
na śakyate vistarato
vaktum varṣa-śatair api