SB 3.8.8

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Third Canto, Chapter 8: Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu

SB 3.8.7

SB 3.8.9

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 8

sāṅkhyāyanaḥ pāramahaṁsya-mukhyo
vivakṣamāṇo bhagavad-vibhūtīḥ
jagāda so 'smad-gurave 'nvitāya
parāśarāyātha bṛhaspateś ca

SYNONYMS

sāṅkhyāyanaḥ—the great sage Sāṅkhyāyana; pāramahaṁsya-mukhyaḥ—the chief of all transcendentalists; vivakṣamāṇaḥ—while reciting; bhagavat-vibhūtīḥ—the glories of the Lord; jagāda—explained; saḥ—he; asmat—of me; gurave—unto the spiritual master; anvitāya—followed; parāśarāya—unto the sage Parāśara; atha bṛhaspateḥ ca—also to Bṛhaspati.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Sāṅkhyāyana was the chief amongst the transcendentalists, and when he was describing the glories of the Lord in terms of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it so happened that my spiritual master, Parāśara, and Bṛhaspati both heard him.