SB 12.7.8

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 7: The Purāṇic Literatures

SB 12.7.7 - SB 12.7.9-10

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

purāṇa-lakṣaṇaṁ brahman

brahmarṣibhir nirūpitam

śṛṇuṣva buddhim āśritya

veda-śāstrānusārataḥ

SYNONYMS

purāṇa-lakṣaṇam — the characteristics of a Purāṇa; brahman — O brāhmaṇa, Śaunaka; brahma-ṛṣibhiḥ — by great learned brāhmaṇas; nirūpitam — ascertained; śṛṇuṣva — please hear; buddhim — intelligence; āśritya — resorting to; veda-śāstra — the Vedic scriptures; anusārataḥ — in accordance with.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

O Śaunaka, please hear with attention the characteristics of a Purāṇa, which have been defined by the most eminent learned brāhmaṇas in accordance with Vedic literature.

SB 12.7.7 - SB 12.7.9-10