तदिदं ग्राहयामास सुतमात्मवतां वरम् । सर्ववेदेतिहासानां सारं सारं समुद्धृतम् ॥ ४१ ॥
tad idam grahayam asa sutam atmavatam varam sarva-vedetihasanam saram saram samuddhrtam
- tat
- that
- idam
- this
- grahayam asa
- made to accept
- sutam
- unto his son
- atmavatam
- of the self-realized
- varam
- most respectful
- sarva
- all
- veda
- Vedic literatures (books of knowledge)
- itihasanam
- of all the histories
- saram
- cream
- saram
- cream
- samuddhrtam
- taken out.
Sri Vyasadeva delivered it to his son, who is the most respected among the self-realized, after extracting the cream of all Vedic literatures and histories of the universe.