SB 3.10.3
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
- sūta uvāca
- evaṁ sañcoditas tena
- kṣattrā kauṣāravir muniḥ
- prītaḥ pratyāha tān praśnān
- hṛdi-sthān atha bhārgava
SYNONYMS
sūtaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; evam—thus; sañcoditaḥ—being enlivened; tena—by him; kṣattrā—by Vidura; kauṣāraviḥ—the son of Kuṣāra; muniḥ—great sage; prītaḥ—being pleased; pratyāha—replied; tān—those; praśnān—questions; hṛdi-sthān—from the core of his heart; atha—thus; bhārgava—O son of Bhṛgu.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: O son of Bhṛgu, the great sage Maitreya Muni, thus hearing from Vidura, felt very much enlivened. Everything was in his heart, and thus he began to reply to the questions one after another.
PURPORT
The phrase sūta uvāca ("Sūta Gosvāmī said") appears to indicate a break in the discourse between Mahārāja Parīkṣit and Śukadeva Gosvāmī. While Śukadeva Gosvāmī was speaking to Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Sūta Gosvāmī was only one member of a large audience. But Sūta Gosvāmī was speaking to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, headed by the sage Śaunaka, a descendant of Śukadeva Gosvāmī. This, however, does not make any substantial difference in the topics under discussion.