SB 3.20.7

SB 3.20.7

Devanagari

एवमुग्रश्रवा: पृष्ट ऋषिभिर्नैमिषायनै: ।
भगवत्यर्पिताध्यात्मस्तानाह श्रूयतामिति ॥ ७ ॥

Verse text

evam ugraśravāḥ pṛṣṭa
ṛṣibhir naimiṣāyanaiḥ
bhagavaty arpitādhyātmas
tān āha śrūyatām iti

Synonyms

evam — thus ; ugraśravāḥ — Sūta Gosvāmī ; pṛṣṭaḥ — being asked ; ṛṣibhiḥ — by the sages ; naimiṣa-ayanaiḥ — who were assembled in the forest of Naimiṣa ; bhagavati — unto the Lord ; arpita — dedicated ; adhyātmaḥ — his mind ; tān — to them ; āha — said ; śrūyatām — just hear ; iti — thus.

Translation

On being asked to speak by the great sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, the son of Romaharṣaṇa, Sūta Gosvāmī, whose mind was absorbed in the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, said: Please hear what I shall now speak.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When asked by the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, Sūta, concentrating his mind on the Lord, then said, “Please listen.” Adhyātmam means mind.