Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 10 - Verse 22
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: बोध्यमानस्य ऋषिभिरात्मनस्तज्जिघृक्षत: ।कर्णौ च निरभिद्येतां दिश: श्रोत्रं गुणग्रह: ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: bodhyamānasya ṛṣibhirātmanas taj jighṛkṣataḥkarṇau ca nirabhidyetāṁdiśaḥ śrotraṁ guṇa-grahaḥ Translation: By development of the desire of the great sages to know, the ears, the power of hearing, the controlling deity of hearing, and the objects of hearing became manifested. The great sages desired to hear about the Self. Purport: As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, by advancement of knowledge one should try to know about the Supreme Lord, the summum bonum of everything....