SB 12.7.6 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.7.6

अधीयन्त व्यासशिष्यात् संहितां मत्पितुर्मुखात् । एकैकामहमेतेषां शिष्य: सर्वा: समध्यगाम् ॥ ६ ॥

adhīyanta vyāsa-śiṣyāt

[adheeyanta vyaasa-shishyaat]

saṁhitāṁ mat-pitur mukhāt

[samhitaam mat-pitur mukhaat]

ekaikām aham eteṣāṁ

[ekaikaam aham eteshaam]

śiṣyaḥ sarvāḥ samadhyagām

[shishyah sarvaah samadhyagaam]

Word-for-word

adhīyanta — they have learned vyāsa-śiṣyāt — from the disciple of Vyāsadeva (Romaharṣaṇa) saṁhitām — the collection of the Purāṇas mat-pituḥ — of my father mukhāt — from the mouth eka-ekām — each learning one portion aham — I eteṣām — of these śiṣyaḥ — the disciple sarvāḥ — all the collections samadhyagām — I have thoroughly learned.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

adhīyanta vyāsa-śiṣyāt

adhīyanta

they have learned

vyāsa-śiṣyāt

from the disciple of Vyāsadeva (Romaharṣaṇa)

saṁhitāṁ mat-pitur mukhāt

saṁhitām

the collection of the Purāṇas

mat-pituḥ

of my father

mukhāt

from the mouth

ekaikām aham eteṣāṁ

eka-ekām

each learning one portion

aham

eteṣām

of these

śiṣyaḥ sarvāḥ samadhyagām

śiṣyaḥ

the disciple

sarvāḥ

all the collections

samadhyagām

I have thoroughly learned.

Each of them studied one of the six anthologies of the Purāṇas from my father, Romaharṣaṇa, who was a disciple of Śrīla Vyāsadeva. I became the disciple of these six authorities and thoroughly learned all their presentations of Purāṇic wisdom.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Each of them studied one of the six anthologies of the Purāṇas from my father, Romahārṣaṇa, who was a disciple of Vyāsadeva. I became the disciple of these six authorities and thoroughly learned everything from them. Sūta’s father was Romaharṣaṇa. I was the student of these six authorities.

Personal Guidance

Each studied one anthology from Suta's father Romaharsana. Hearing about one's own teacher's teacher is itself a kind of return home. Lineage gives us a longer self.

Reflection Questions

Do I know my teacher's teachers, even by name?
How might learning their stories deepen my relationship with what I have received?

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