Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 12: Creation of the Kumāras and Others

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.1

maitreya uvāca

iti te varṇitaḥ kṣattaḥ

kālākhyaḥ paramātmanaḥ

mahimā veda-garbho 'tha

yathāsrākṣīn nibodha me

SYNONYMS

maitreyaḥ uvācaŚrī Maitreya said; iti — thus; te — unto you; varṇitaḥ — described; kṣattaḥO Vidura; kāla-ākhyaḥ — by the name eternal time; paramātmanaḥ — of the Supersoul; mahimā — glories; veda-garbhaḥ — Lord Brahmā, the reservoir of the Vedas; atha — hereafter; yathāas it is; asrākṣīt — did create; nibodha — just try to understand; me — from me.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Maitreya said: O learned Vidura, so far I have explained to you the glories of the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His feature of kāla. Now you can hear from me about the creation of Brahmā, the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge.

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