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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.51

सूत उवाच राज्ञा परीक्षिता पृष्टो यदवोचन्महामुनि: । तद्वोऽभिधास्ये श‍ृणुत राज्ञ: प्रश्नानुसारत: ॥ ५१ ॥ यच्च व्रजन्त्यनिमिषामृषभानुवृत्त्या दूरेयमा ह्युपरि न: स्पृहणीयशीला: । भर्तुर्मिथ: सुयशस: कथनानुराग- वैक्लव्यबाष्पकलया पुलकीकृताङ्गा: ॥
sūta uvāca
[soota uvaacha]
rājñā parīkṣitā pṛṣṭo
[raajnaa pareekshitaa prishto]
yad avocan mahā-muniḥ
[yad avochan mahaa-munih]
tad vo ’bhidhāsye śṛṇuta
[tad vo ’bhidhaasye shrinuta]
rājñaḥ praśnānusārataḥ
[raajnah prashnaanusaaratah]
Word-for-word
sūtaḥ uvāca — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī replied rājñā — by the King parīkṣitā — by Parīkṣit pṛṣṭaḥ — as asked yat — what avocat — spoke mahā-muniḥ — the great sage tat — that very thing vaḥ — unto you abhidhāsye — I shall explain śṛṇuta — please hear rājñaḥ — by the King praśna — question anusārataḥ — in accordance with.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sūta uvāca
sūtaḥ uvāca
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī replied
rājñā parīkṣitā pṛṣṭo
rājñā
by the King
parīkṣitā
by Parīkṣit
pṛṣṭaḥ
as asked
yad avocan mahā-muniḥ
yat
what
avocat
spoke
mahā-muniḥ
the great sage
tad vo ’bhidhāsye śṛṇuta
tat
that very thing
vaḥ
unto you
abhidhāsye
I shall explain
śṛṇuta
please hear
rājñaḥ praśnānusārataḥ
rājñaḥ
by the King
praśna
question
anusārataḥ
in accordance with.
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī explained: I shall now explain to you the very subjects explained by the great sage in answer to King Parīkṣit’s inquiries. Please hear them attentively.
Purport

Any question that is put forward may be answered by quoting the authority, and that satisfies the saner section. That is the system even in the law court. The best lawyer gives evidence from the past judgment of the court without taking much trouble to establish his case. This is called the paramparā system, and learned authorities follow it without manufacturing rubbish interpretations.

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

( Brahma-saṁhitā. 5.1)

Let us all obey the Supreme Lord, whose hand is in everything, without exception.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions.”

END OF THE SECOND CANTO

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta said: I will explain to you what the great sage Śukadeva spoke in response to Parīkṣit when asked by Parīkṣit. Please listen.
Commentary

The meaning is this. What you have asked, the King also asked Śukadeva. Śukadeva spoke in answer to the question of Parīkṣit previously about the conversation between Vidura and Maitreya. I will relate that to you.

Thus the commentary on the tenth chapter of the Second Canto of Bhāgavatam has been completed to give pleasure to the hearts of the devotees in accordance with the views of the ācāryas. Because the Lord performed action in response to the thirst of Brahmā, satisfying him, he showered the universe with sweet mercy.

Chapter One Questions by Vidura

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Personal Guidance
Sūta Gosvāmī promises to explain what Maitreya said to Parīkṣit's questions by quoting the authority. The paramparā system answers by citing precedent, not by manufacturing interpretations. Receive, then transmit faithfully.
Reflection Questions
  • Do I cite authority in my spiritual reasoning, or manufacture my own interpretations?
  • What would 'receive then transmit faithfully' look like in how I share spiritual ideas?
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