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CC Madhya 17.138

স্বসুখনিভৃতচেতাস্তদ্‌ব্যুদস্তান্যভাবো-
ঽপ্যজিতরুচিরলীলাকৃষ্টসারস্তদীয়ম্‌ ।
ব্যতনুত কৃপয়া যস্তত্ত্বদীপং পুরাণং
তমখিলবৃজিনঘ্নং ব্যাসসূনুং নতোঽস্মি ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
sva-sukha-nibhṛta-cetās tad vyudastānya-bhāvo
’py ajita-rucira-līlākṛṣṭa-sāras tadīyam
vyatanuta kṛpayā yas tattva-dīpaṁ purāṇaṁ
tam akhila-vṛjina-ghnaṁ vyāsa-sūnuṁ nato ’smi

Synonyms

sva-sukhain happiness of the self; nibhṛtasolitary; cetāḥwhose consciousness; tatbecause of that; vyudastagiven up; anya-bhāvaḥany other type of consciousness; apialthough; ajitaof Śrī Kṛṣṇa; rucirapleasing; līlāby the pastimes; ākṛṣṭaattracted; sāraḥwhose heart; tadīyamconsisting of the activities of the Lord; vyatanutaspread, manifested; kṛpayāmercifully; yaḥwho; tattva-dīpamthe bright light of the Absolute Truth; purāṇamthe Purāṇa (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam); tamunto him; akhila-vṛjina-ghnamdefeating everything inauspicious; vyāsa-sūnumthe son of Vyāsadeva; nataḥ asmiI offer my obeisances.

Translation

“ ‘Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the son of Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī. It is he who defeats all inauspicious things within this universe. Although in the beginning he was absorbed in the happiness of Brahman realization and was living in a secluded place, giving up all other types of consciousness, he became attracted by the most melodious pastimes of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He therefore mercifully spoke the supreme Purāṇa, known as Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the bright light of the Absolute Truth and which describes the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa.’

Purport

This verse was spoken by Sūta Gosvāmī in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.12.69).