Text 3] Appearance of Sri Narada 193

TRANSLATION

Saunaxa said: O Sita Gosvami, you are the most fortunate and respect-
ed of all those who can speak and recite. Please relate the pious message of
Srimad-Bhagavatam, which was spoken by the great powerful sage
Sukadeva Gosvami.

PURPORT

Sita Gosvami is twice addressed herein by Saunaka Gosvami out of
great joy because he and the members of the assembly were eager to hear
the text of Bhagavatam uttered by Sukadeva Gosvami. They are not
interested in hearing it from a bogus person who interprets in his own way
to suit his own purpose. Generally the so-called Bhagavatam reciters are
either professional readers or so-called learned impersonalists who cannot
enter into the transcendental personal activities of the Supreme Person.
Such impersonalists eschew some meanings out of Bhagavatam to suit and
support impersonalist views, and the professional readers at once go to the
Tenth Canto to misexplain the most confidential part of the Lord’s
pastimes. Both these reciters are not bona fide persons to recite Bhaga-
vatam. Only one who is prepared to present Bhagavatam in the light of
Sukadeva Gosvami and only those who are prepared to hear Sukadeva
Gosvami and his representative are bona fide participants in the transcen-
dental discussion of Srimad-Bhagavatam.

TEXT 3

aay at add NA al Fa SAAT |
Ft AANA: FM: HAA Alea Sevsil 3 II

kasmin yuge praurtteyam
sthane va kena hetuna

kutah saficoditah krsnah
krtavan samhitam munth

kasmin—in which; yuge—period; pravrtta—was this begun; tyam—this;
sthane—in the place; va—or; kena—on what; hetund—ground; kutah—
wherefrom; saficoditah—inspired by; krsnah—Krsna-dvaipayana Vyasa;
krtavan—compiled; samhitam—Vedic literature; munih—the learned.
