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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.2

వ్యాస ఉవాచ భిక్షుభిర్విప్రవసితే విజ్ఞానాదేష్టృభిస్తవ । వర్తమానో వయస్యాద్యే తత: కిమకరోద్భ‍వాన్ ॥ ౨ ॥
vyāsa uvāca
[vyaasa uvaacha]
bhikṣubhir vipravasite
[bhikshubhir vipravasite]
vijṣānādeṣṭṛbhis tava
[vijshaanaadeshtribhis tava]
vartamāno vayasy ādye
[vartamaano vayasy aadye]
tataḥ kim akarod bhavān
[tatah kim akarod bhavaan]
Word-for-word
vyāsaḥ uvāca — Śrī Vyāsadeva said bhikṣubhiḥ — by the great mendicants vipravasite — having departed for other places vijṣāna — scientific knowledge in transcendence ādeṣṭṛbhiḥ — those who had instructed tava — of your vartamānaḥ — present vayasi — of the duration of life ādye — before the beginning of tataḥ — after that kim — what akarot — did bhavān — your good self.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vyāsa uvāca
vyāsaḥ uvāca
Śrī Vyāsadeva said
bhikṣubhir vipravasite
bhikṣubhiḥ
by the great mendicants
vipravasite
having departed for other places
vijṣānādeṣṭṛbhis tava
vijṣāna
scientific knowledge in transcendence
ādeṣṭṛbhiḥ
those who had instructed
tava
of your
vartamāno vayasy ādye
vartamānaḥ
present
vayasi
of the duration of life
ādye
before the beginning of
tataḥ kim akarod bhavān
tataḥ
after that
kim
what
akarot
did
bhavān
your good self.
Śrī Vyāsadeva said: What did you [Nārada] do after the departure of the great sages who had instructed you in scientific transcendental knowledge before the beginning of your present birth?
Purport

Vyāsadeva himself was the disciple of Nāradajī, and therefore it was natural to be anxious to hear what Nārada did after initiation from the spiritual masters. He wanted to follow in Nārada’s footsteps in order to attain to the same perfect stage of life. This desire to inquire from the spiritual master is an essential factor to the progressive path. This process is technically known as sad-dharma-pṛcchā.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Vyāsa said: When the mendicants who had taught you that knowledge departed, being of young age, what did you do?
Commentary

Vipravasite means “departing from there.” Lack of samprasāraṇa (viproṣite) is poetic license.

Since I am your disciple, I desire to know. Therefore I am asking

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