448 Srimad-Bhagavatam {Canto 1, Ch. 9

Kausika. One of the permanent rsi members in the royal assembly of
Maharaja Yudhisthira. He sometimes met Lord Krsna. There are several
other sages of the same name.

Sudarsana. This wheel which is accepted by the Personality of Godhead
(Visnu or Krsna) as His personal weapon is the most powerful weapon,
greater than the brahmastras or similar other disastrous weapons. In some
of the Vedic literatures it is said that Agnideva, the fire-god, presented
this weapon to Lord Sri Krsna, but factually this weapon is eternally
carried by the Lord. Agnideva presented this weapon to Krsna in the same
way that Rukmini was given by Maharaja Rukma to the Lord. The Lord
accepts such presentations from His devotees, even though such presenta-
tions are eternally His property. There is an elaborate description of this
weapon in the Adi-parva of the Mahabharata. Lord Sri Krsna used this
weapon to kill Siéupala, a rival of the Lord. He also killed Salva by this
weapon, and sometimes He wanted His friend Arjuna to use it to kill his
enemies. (Maha. Virata. 56.3)

TEXT 8
HY A TAT AA AMUTATAAISATT: |
freteta saa TETUTATTA IN I
anye ca munayo brahman
brahmaratadayo ’malah
Sisyair upeta ajagmuh
kasyapangirasadayah

anye—many others; ca—also; munayah—sages; brahman—O brahmanas;
brahma-rata—Sukadeva Gosvami; adayah—and such others; amalah—
completely purified; sisyaih—by the disciples; upetah—accompanied by;
ajagmuh--arrived; kasyapa— Kasgyapa; angirasa— Angirasa; addayah— and
others.

TRANSLATION

And many others like Sukadeva Gosvami and other purified souls,
Kasyapa and Angira and others, all accompanied by their respective
disciples, arrived there.

PURPORT

Sukadeva Gosvami (Brahmarata). The famous son and disciple of Si

Vyasadeva, who taught him first the Mahabharata and then Srimad-
