🪷 ŚB 1.7.9

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ŚB 1.7.9requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 1.7parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 1parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

Sanskrit

शौनक उवाच स वै निवृत्तिनिरत: सर्वत्रोपेक्षको मुनि: । कस्य वा बृहतीमेतामात्माराम: समभ्यसत् ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

śaunaka uvāca sa vai nivṛtti-nirataḥ sarvatropekṣako muniḥ kasya vā bṛhatīm etām ātmārāmaḥ samabhyasat
Synonyms
śaunakaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śaunaka asked; saḥ — he; vai — of course; nivṛtti — on the path of self-realization; nirataḥ — always engaged; sarvatra — in every respect; upekṣakaḥ — indifferent; muniḥ — sage; kasya — for what reason; vā — or; bṛhatīm — vast; etām — this; ātma-ārāmaḥ — one who is pleased in himself; samabhyasat — undergo the studies.

Translation

Śrī Śaunaka asked Sūta Gosvāmī: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī was already on the path of self-realization, and thus he was pleased with his own self. So why did he take the trouble to undergo the study of such a vast literature?

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