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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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व्यास उवाच भिक्षुभिर्विप्रवसिते विज्ञानादेष्टृभिस्तव वर्तमानो वयस्याद्ये ततः किमकरोद्भवान्
vyāsa uvāca bhikṣubhir vipravasite vijñānādeṣṭṛbhis tava vartamāno vayasy ādye tataḥ kim akarod bhavān
WORD BY WORD
vyāsaḥ uvāca Śrī Vyāsadeva said; bhikṣubhiḥ by the great mendicants; vipravasite having departed for other places; vijñāna scientific knowledge in transcendence; ādeṣṭṛbhiḥ those who had instructed; tava of your; vartamānaḥ present; vayasi of the duration of life; ādye before the beginning of; tataḥ after that; kim what; akarot did; bhavān your good self;
TRANSLATION
| Śrī Vyāsadeva said: What did you [Nārada] do after the departure of the great sages who had instructed you in scientific transcendental knowledge before the beginning of your present birth?
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PURPORT
| Vyāsadeva himself was the disciple of Nāradajī, and therefore it was natural to be anxious to hear what Nārada did after initiation from the spiritual masters. He wanted to follow in Nārada’s footsteps in order to attain to the same perfect stage of life. This desire to inquire from the spiritual master is an essential factor to the progressive path. This process is technically known as sad-dharma-pṛcchā.
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