Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.6
శ్రీభగవానువాచ
ఏవమేతదహం పృష్ట: ప్రశ్నం ప్రశ్నవిదాం వర ।
యుయుత్సునా వినశనే సపత్నైరర్జునేన వై ॥ ౬ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
evam etad ahaṁ pṛṣṭaḥ
[evam etad aham prishtah]
praśnaṁ praśna-vidāṁ vara
[prashnam prashna-vidaam vara]
yuyutsunā vinaśane
[yuyutsunaa vinashane]
sapatnair arjunena vai
[sapatnair arjunena vai]
Word-for-word
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
—
the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
evam
—
thus
etat
—
this
aham
—
I
pṛṣṭaḥ
—
was asked
praśnam
—
the question or topic
praśna-vidām
—
of those who know how to inquire
vara
—
you who are the best
yuyutsunā
—
by him who desired to fight
vinaśane
—
in the Battle of Kurukṣetra
sapatnaiḥ
—
with his rivals or enemies
arjunena
—
by Arjuna
vai
—
indeed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
evam etad ahaṁ pṛṣṭaḥ
evam
thus
etat
this
aham
I
pṛṣṭaḥ
was asked
praśnaṁ praśna-vidāṁ vara
praśnam
the question or topic
praśna-vidām
of those who know how to inquire
vara
you who are the best
yuyutsunā vinaśane
yuyutsunā
by him who desired to fight
vinaśane
in the Battle of Kurukṣetra
sapatnair arjunena vai
sapatnaiḥ
with his rivals or enemies
arjunena
by Arjuna
vai
indeed.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O best of those who know how to inquire, on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Arjuna, desiring to fight with his rivals, asked Me the same question that you are now posing.
Purport
Lord Kṛṣṇa was pleased that His two friends, Arjuna and Uddhava, had posed the same question regarding the opulences of the Personality of Godhead. Lord Kṛṣṇa considered it wonderful that His two dear friends had asked exactly the same question.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The Supreme Lord said: O best of those who know what to inquire! On the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Arjuna, desiring to fight with his rivals, asked me the same question.
O knower of what should be asked! I was asked this question by Arjuna who desired to fight with the enemy at Kurukṣetra (vinaśane).
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