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Chapter 8: Questions by King Parīkṣit

Verse 29 of 29
SB 2.8.29

यद्यत्परीक्षिदृषभः पाण्डूनामनुपृच्छति आनुपूर्व्येण तत्सर्वमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे

yad yat parīkṣid ṛṣabhaḥ pāṇḍūnām anupṛcchati ānupūrvyeṇa tat sarvam ākhyātum upacakrame

Synonyms

yat yatwhatsoever; parīkṣitthe King; ṛṣabhaḥthe best; pāṇḍūnāmin the dynasty of Pāṇḍu; anupṛcchatigoes on inquiring; ānupūrvyeṇathe beginning to the end; tatall those; sarvamfully; ākhyātumto describe; upacakramehe just prepared himself..

Translation

He also prepared himself to reply to all that King Parīkṣit inquired from him. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was the best in the dynasty of the Pāṇḍus, and thus he was able to ask the right questions from the right person."

Purport

Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked many questions, some of them very curiously, to know things as they are, but it is not necessary for the master to answer them in the order of the disciple's inquiries, one after the other. But Śukadeva Gosvāmī, experienced teacher that he was, answered all the questions in a systematic way as they were received from the chain of disciplic succession. And he answered all of them without exception.

Verse 29 of 29
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