Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44


Sanskrit:

श्रीसूत उवाचइत्थं स्म पृष्ट: स तु बादरायणि-स्तत्स्मारितानन्तहृताखिलेन्द्रिय: ।कृच्छ्रात् पुनर्लब्धबहिर्द‍ृशि: शनै:प्रत्याह तं भागवतोत्तमोत्तम ॥ ४४ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-sūta uvācaitthaṁ sma pṛṣṭaḥ sa tu bādarāyaṇistat-smāritānanta-hṛtākhilendriyaḥkṛcchrāt punar labdha-bahir-dṛśiḥ śanaiḥpratyāha taṁ bhāgavatottamottama

Translation:

Sūta Gosvāmī said: O Śaunaka, greatest of saints and devotees, when Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī in this way, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, immediately remembering subject matters about Kṛṣṇa within the core of his heart, externally lost contact with the actions of his senses. Thereafter, with great difficulty, he revived his external sensory perception and began to speak to Mahārāja Parīkṣit about kṛṣṇa-kathā.

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