Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.6-7

[makarand]

TEXT 6

śrī-sūta uvāca

evaṁ parīkṣitā rājñā

sadasi brahma-vādinām

pṛṣṭaḥ provāca bhagavāñ

chukaḥ parama-dharma-vit

SYNONYMS

śrī-sūtaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; evam—in this way; parīkṣitā—by Mahārāja Parīkṣit; rājñā—by the King; sadasi—in the assembly; brahma-vādinām—of all the great saintly experts in Vedic knowledge; pṛṣṭaḥ—having been asked; provāca—answered; bhagavān—the most powerful; śukaḥ—Śuka Gosvāmī; parama-dharma-vit—the most learned scholar in religious principles.

TRANSLATION

Sūta Gosvāmī said: When Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the greatest knower of religious principles, was thus requested by Mahārāja Parīkṣit in the assembly of all the scholars learned in Vedic knowledge, he then proceeded to speak.

TEXT 7

śrī-śuka uvāca

śrūyatāṁ mānavo vaṁśaḥ

prācuryeṇa parantapa

na śakyate vistarato

vaktuṁ varṣa-śatair api

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; śrūyatām—just hear from me; mānavaḥ vaṁśaḥ—the dynasty of Manu; prācuryeṇa—as expansive as possible; parantapa—O King, who can subdue your enemies; na—not; śakyate—one is able; vistarataḥ—very broadly; vaktum—to speak; varṣa-śataiḥ api—even if he does so for hundreds of years.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King, subduer of your enemies, now hear from me in great detail about the dynasty of Manu. I shall explain as much as possible, although one could not say everything about it, even in hundreds of years.