Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.29
यद् यत् परीक्षिदृषभ: पाण्डूनामनुपृच्छति ।
आनुपूर्व्येण तत्सर्वमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे ॥ २९ ॥
yad yat parīkṣid ṛṣabhaḥ
[yad yat pareekshid rishabhah]
pāṇḍūnām anupṛcchati
[paandoonaam anuprichchati]
ānupūrvyeṇa tat sarvam
[aanupoorvyena tat sarvam]
ākyātum upacakrame
[aakyaatum upachakrame]
Word-for-word
yat yat
—
whatsoever
parīkṣit
—
the King
ṛṣabhaḥ
—
the best
pāṇḍūnām
—
in the dynasty of Pāṇḍu
anupṛcchati
—
goes on inquiring
ānupūrvyeṇa
—
the beginning to the end
tat
—
all those
sarvam
—
fully
ākhyātum
—
to describe
upacakrame
—
he just prepared himself.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yad yat parīkṣid ṛṣabhaḥ
yat yat
whatsoever
parīkṣit
the King
ṛṣabhaḥ
the best
pāṇḍūnām anupṛcchati
pāṇḍūnām
in the dynasty of Pāṇḍu
anupṛcchati
goes on inquiring
ānupūrvyeṇa tat sarvam
ānupūrvyeṇa
the beginning to the end
tat
all those
sarvam
fully
ākyātum upacakrame
ākhyātum
to describe
upacakrame
he just prepared himself.
He also prepared himself to reply to all that King Parīkṣit had inquired from him. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was the best in the dynasty of the Pāṇḍus, and thus he was able to ask the right questions from the right person.
Purport
Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked many questions, some of them very curiously, to know things as they are, but it is not necessary for the master to answer them in the order of the disciple’s inquiries, one after the other. But Śukadeva Gosvāmī, experienced teacher that he was, answered all the questions in a systematic way as they were received from the chain of disciplic succession. And he answered all of them without exception.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Questions by King Parīkṣit.”
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva began to explain according to topic all that Parīkṣit, the best of the Pāṇḍavas, has asked.
Commentary
The sequence is according to topic, not according to the order of the questions.
Chapter Nine Manifestation of the Bhāgavatam
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Personal Guidance
Śukadeva does not answer the disciple's questions in the order asked; a real teacher reorganizes them systematically, leaves none unanswered, and delivers them through disciplic succession. Trust the master's order of teaching.
Reflection Questions
- Do I get frustrated when my teacher takes a different order than my urgency wants?
- Where do I need to trust the master's systematic unfolding instead of demanding immediate answers?
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