SB 11.17.8

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 17: Lord Kṛṣṇa's Description of the Varṇāśrama System

SB 11.17.7 - SB 11.17.9

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 8

śrī-śuka uvāca

itthaṁ sva-bhṛtya-mukhyena

pṛṣṭaḥ sa bhagavān hariḥ

prītaḥ kṣemāya martyānāṁ

dharmān āha sanātanān

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ittham — thus; sva-bhṛtya-mukhyena — by the best of His devotees; pṛṣṭaḥ — questioned; saḥ — He; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hariḥ — Śrī Kṛṣṇa; prītaḥ — being pleased; kṣemāya — for the highest welfare; martyānām — of all conditioned souls; dharmān — religious principles; āha — spoke; sanātanān — eternal.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Śrī Uddhava, the best of devotees, thus inquired from the Lord. Hearing his question, the Personality of Godhead, śrī Kṛṣṇa, was pleased and for the welfare of all conditioned souls spoke those religious principles that are eternal.

SB 11.17.7 - SB 11.17.9