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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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<< VERSE 1 >>
śrī-śaunaka uvāca sūta jīva ciraṁ sādho vada no vadatāṁ vara tamasy apāre bhramatāṁ nṝṇāṁ tvaṁ pāra-darśanaḥ
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TRANSLATION
| Śrī Śaunaka said: O Sūta, may you live a long life! O saintly one, best of speakers, please continue speaking to us. Indeed, only you can show men the path out of the ignorance in which they are wandering.
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PURPORT
| According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the sages saw that Sūta Gosvāmī was about to end his narration of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and thus they urged him to first tell the story of Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi.
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