Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.8.1
శ్రీశౌనక ఉవాచ
సూత జీవ చిరం సాధో వద నో వదతాం వర ।
తమస్యపారే భ్రమతాం నృణాం త్వం పారదర్శన: ॥ ౧ ॥
śrī-śaunaka uvāca
[shree-shaunaka uvaacha]
sūta jīva ciraṁ sādho
[soota jeeva chiram saadho]
vada no vadatāṁ vara
[vada no vadataam vara]
tamasy apāre bhramatāṁ
[tamasy apaare bhramataam]
nṝṇāṁ tvaṁ pāra-darśanaḥ
[nreenaam tvam paara-darshanah]
Word-for-word
śrī-śaunakaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Śaunaka said
sūta
—
O Sūta Gosvāmī
jīva
—
may you live
ciram
—
for a long time
sādho
—
O saint
vada
—
please speak
naḥ
—
to us
vadatām
—
of speakers
vara
—
O you who are the best
tamasi
—
in darkness
apāre
—
unbounded
bhramatām
—
who are wandering
nṝṇām
—
for men
tvam
—
you
pāra-darśanaḥ
—
the seer of the opposite shore.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śaunaka uvāca
śrī-śaunakaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śaunaka said
sūta jīva ciraṁ sādho
sūta
O Sūta Gosvāmī
jīva
may you live
ciram
for a long time
sādho
O saint
vada no vadatāṁ vara
vada
please speak
tamasy apāre bhramatāṁ
nṝṇāṁ tvaṁ pāra-darśanaḥ
naḥ
to us
vadatām
of speakers
vara
O you who are the best
tamasi
in darkness
apāre
unbounded
bhramatām
who are wandering
nṝṇām
for men
tvam
you
pāra-darśanaḥ
the seer of the opposite shore.
Śrī Śaunaka said: O Sūta, may you live a long life! O saintly one, best of speakers, please continue speaking to us. Indeed, only you can show men the path out of the ignorance in which they are wandering.
Purport
According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the sages saw that Sūta Gosvāmī was about to end his narration of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and thus they urged him to first tell the story of Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śaunaka said: O Sūta, may you live a long life! O saintly one, best of speakers! Please continue speaking to us. Only you can show men wandering within insurmountable saṁṣara the way to cross beyond it.
In the Eighth Chapter Mārkaṇḍeya performs austerity and the Apasarās attempt to disturb his vows. Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa was mentioned in verse 24 of the last chapter. That brought to Śaunaka’s mind the story of Mārkaṇḍeya. Thus he asks about this now. Tamasi means “in saṁsāra.”
My note
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