Devanagari
सूत उवाच
एवमाभाषित: पृष्ट: स राज्ञा श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ।
प्रत्यभाषत धर्मज्ञो भगवान् बादरायणि: ॥ ४० ॥
Verse text
sūta uvāca
evam ābhāṣitaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ
sa rājṣā ślakṣṇayā girā
pratyabhāṣata dharma-jṣo
bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ
Synonyms
sūtaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said
;
evam
—
thus
;
ābhāṣitaḥ
—
being spoken
;
pṛṣṭaḥ
—
and asked for
;
saḥ
—
he
;
rājṣā
—
by the King
;
ślakṣṇayā
—
by sweet
;
girā
—
language
;
pratyabhāṣata
—
began to reply
;
dharma
—
jṣaḥ — one who knows the principles of religion
;
bhagavān
—
the powerful personality
;
bādarāyaṇiḥ
—
son of Vyāsadeva .
Translation
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: The King thus spoke and questioned the sage, using sweet language. Then the great and powerful personality, the son of Vyāsadeva, who knew the principles of religion, began his reply.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Sūta said: Being addressed and questioned by the King with sweet words, the great son of Vyāsa, knower of dharma, began to answer.
Purport
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the First Canto, Nineteenth Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “The Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī.”
END OF THE FIRST CANTO
Commentary (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Ślakṣṇayā giṛā means “by sweet words.”
Canto 2
Chapter One
Description of the Universal Form
Second Canto
The Cosmic Manifestation
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 2: "The Cosmic Manifestation"
1. The First Step in God Realization
• Translations 1-39
2. The Lord in the Heart
• Translations 1-37
3. Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart
• Translations 1-25
4. The Process of Creation
• Translations 1-25
5. The Cause of All Causes
• Translations 1-42
6. Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
• Translations 1-42
7. Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
• Translations 1-53
8. Questions by King Parīkṣit
• Translations 1-29
9. Answers by Citing the Lord's Version
• Translations 1-46
10. Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions
• Translations 1-51
2.1: The First Step in God Realization
1. The First Step in God Realization
2.1.invo #dvn
p NaMaae >aGavTae vaSaudevaYa ))
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
oṁ—O my Lord; namaḥ—my respectful obeisances unto You; bhagavate—unto the Personality of Godhead; vāsudevāya—unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva.
O my Lord, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.