Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.1.6
कृतं पुरा भगवत: कपिलस्यानुवर्णितम् ।
आख्यास्ये भगवान्यज्ञो यच्चकार कुरूद्वह ॥ ६ ॥
kṛtaṁ purā bhagavataḥ
[kritam puraa bhagavatah]
kapilasyānuvarṇitam
[kapilasyaanuvarnitam]
ākhyāsye bhagavān yajño
[aakhyaasye bhagavaan yajno]
yac cakāra kurūdvaha
[yach chakaara kuroodvaha]
Word-for-word
kṛtam
—
already done
purā
—
before
bhagavataḥ
—
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
kapilasya
—
Kapila, the son of Devahūti
anuvarṇitam
—
fully described
ākhyāsye
—
I shall describe now
bhagavān
—
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
yajñaḥ
—
of the name Yajñapati or Yajñamūrti
yat
—
whatever
cakāra
—
executed
kuru-udvaha
—
O best of the Kurus.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kṛtaṁ purā bhagavataḥ
kṛtam
already done
purā
before
bhagavataḥ
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
kapilasyānuvarṇitam
kapilasya
Kapila, the son of Devahūti
anuvarṇitam
fully described
ākhyāsye bhagavān yajño
ākhyāsye
I shall describe now
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
yajñaḥ
of the name Yajñapati or Yajñamūrti
yac cakāra kurūdvaha
yat
whatever
cakāra
executed
kuru-udvaha
O best of the Kurus.
O best of the Kurus, I have already described [in the Third Canto] the activities of Kapila, the son of Devahūti. Now I shall describe the activities of Yajñapati, the son of Ākūti.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O best of the Kurus! I have already described [in the Third Canto] the activities of Kapila, the son of Devahūti. Now I shall describe the activities of Yajña, the son of Ākūti.
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