ŚB 9.1.6
Devanagari
श्रीसूत उवाच
एवं परीक्षिता राज्ञा सदसि ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ।
पृष्ट: प्रोवाच भगवाञ्छुक: परमधर्मवित् ॥ ६ ॥
एवं परीक्षिता राज्ञा सदसि ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ।
पृष्ट: प्रोवाच भगवाञ्छुक: परमधर्मवित् ॥ ६ ॥
Verse text
śrī-sūta uvāca
evaṁ parīkṣitā rājñā
sadasi brahma-vādinām
pṛṣṭaḥ provāca bhagavāñ
chukaḥ parama-dharma-vit
evaṁ parīkṣitā rājñā
sadasi brahma-vādinām
pṛṣṭaḥ provāca bhagavāñ
chukaḥ parama-dharma-vit
Synonyms
śrī-sūtaḥ uvāca — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; evam — in this way; parīkṣitā — by Mahārāja Parīkṣit; rājñā — by the King; sadasi — in the assembly; brahma-vādinām — of all the great saintly experts in Vedic knowledge; pṛṣṭaḥ — having been asked; provāca — answered; bhagavān — 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 Parīkṣit in the assembly of all the scholars learned in Vedic knowledge, he then proceeded to speak.