Culture of hearing in Srimad Bhagavatam

2025-11-01

Srimad Bhagavatam 03.10.03 - Culture of hearing in Srimad Bhagavatam (download mp3)

by Radhika Vallabh Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty

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SB 03.10.03

sūta uvāca

evaṁ sañcoditas tena

kṣattrā kauṣāravir muniḥ

prītaḥ pratyāha tān praśnān

hṛdi-sthān atha bhārgava

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.