ŚB 3.8.8
Devanagari
सांख्यायन: पारमहंस्यमुख्यो
विवक्षमाणो भगवद्विभूती: ।
जगाद सोऽस्मद्गुरवेऽन्विताय
पराशरायाथ बृहस्पतेश्च ॥ ८ ॥
विवक्षमाणो भगवद्विभूती: ।
जगाद सोऽस्मद्गुरवेऽन्विताय
पराशरायाथ बृहस्पतेश्च ॥ ८ ॥
Verse text
sāṅkhyāyanaḥ pāramahaṁsya-mukhyo
vivakṣamāṇo bhagavad-vibhūtīḥ
jagāda so ’smad-gurave ’nvitāya
parāśarāyātha bṛhaspateś ca
vivakṣamāṇo bhagavad-vibhūtīḥ
jagāda so ’smad-gurave ’nvitāya
parāśarāyātha bṛhaspateś ca
Synonyms
sāṅkhyāyanaḥ — the great sage Sāṅkhyāyana; pāramahaṁsya-mukhyaḥ — the chief of all transcendentalists; vivakṣamāṇaḥ — while reciting; bhagavat-vibhūtīḥ — the glories of the Lord; jagāda — explained; saḥ — he; asmat — of me; gurave — unto the spiritual master; anvitāya — followed; parāśarāya — unto the sage Parāśara; atha bṛhaspateḥ ca — also to Bṛhaspati.
Translation
The great sage Sāṅkhyāyana was the chief amongst the transcendentalists, and when he was describing the glories of the Lord in terms of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it so happened that my spiritual master, Parāśara, and Bṛhaspati both heard him.